More Spanish Proverbs

When the cat's away the rats will play.... >>

Some go to law, for the wagging of a straw.... >>

Set a sprat to catch a mackerel.... >>

Let them whip me in the market-place, provided it be not known at home... >>

Milk the cow that standeth still.... >>

Other Proverbs

Like ants eating a bone... (Chinese) >>

Between promising and giving a man should marry his daughter... (French) >>

The go-between wears out a thousand sandals... (Arab) >>

A good head does not want for hats.... (French) >>

What the people believe is true... (Romanian) >>

See that you tie so that you can untie.

- Spanish Proverb