Idioms
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
It's better to have a lesser but certain advantage than the possibility of a greater one that may come to nothing.
Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando
A word is enough to the wise
You only have to hint something to wise people in order to get them to understand it
A buen entendedor pocas palabras bastan
Barking dogs never bite
Someone who makes threats all the time seldom carries out the threats
Perro ladrador poco mordedor
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Better safe than sorry
You should be cautious, if you are not, you may regret it
Más vale prevenir que curar
Early bird catches the warm
If you wake up and get to work early, you will succeed
A quien madruga Dios le ayuda
Let the cat out of the bag
To reveal a secret or a surprise by accident
Irse de la lengua
Kill two birds with one stone
To solve two problems at one time with a single action
Matar dos pájaros de un tiro
It´s not good crying over spilt milk/ there’s nm point crying over spilt milk
You should not get upset about something bad that has happened that you cannot change
A lo hecho pecho
In for a penny, in for a pound
You have started something or are involved in it, you should complete the work although it has become more difficult that what you had expected
De perdidos al río
Like father like son
Fathers and sons resemble each other, and sons tend to do what their fathers did before them
De tal palo tal astilla
The straw that broke the camel’s back
The final difficulty in a series
La gota que colma el vaso
Finding a needle in a haystack
To be difficult or even imipossible
Buscar una aguja en un pajar
“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” Frank Herbert
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