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All that glitters is not gold

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https://www.kienyke.com/kamara/20-golosinas-que-recuerdan-la-infancia-colombia

Idiom:
All that glitters is not gold.
Examples:
1. She was brilliant at the beginning but all that glitters isn´t gold.
2. He thought the box was full of jewelers but all that glitters is not gold.
Definitions:
 The external appearance of something is not an indication of its true nature.
 Not everything that looks attractive turns out to be so.
 Think that something has more value than it has.

In Colombian Spanish:
No todo lo que brilla es oro.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

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http://dialogandodemiconmigo.blogspot.com/2011/04/el-canalla-legalista.html

Idiom:
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Examples:

3. If he cheated on you, you must cheat him an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
4. She scratched you then you must hit her, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
5. As the terrorists wiped out our people, we will wipe out theirs, an eye for an eye, a
tooth for a tooth.
Definitions:
 This saying has its origin in the Babylonian code of Hammurabi, from 1792 BC.
 If someone does something wrong, that person should be punished by having the
same thing done to them.

In Colombian Spanish:
Ojo por ojo, diente por diente.
Better late than never

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tarde-que-nunca-enrique-colina%C2%B7/

Idiom:
Better late than never.
Examples:
6. I didn’t remember to congratulate her yesterday for her birthday but I will do it
today, better late than never.
7. The meeting started 5 minutes ago but better late than never.
Definitions:
 When it is better for someone or something to be late than never to arrive or
to happen.
 Finishing something later than planned is preferable to not finishing it at all.
 It shows the importance of following through and finishing things.

In Colombian Spanish:
Mejor tarde que nunca.
No news is good news

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https://www.securityartwork.es/2009/09/15/no-news-is-good-news/

Idiom:
No news is good news.
Examples:

8. -They went on a trip this morning but there’s been no news.

-No news is good news.
9. I haven't heard anything from the hospital today, but I suppose no news is good
news.
Definitions:
 Someone feel less worried when they have not received information about someone
or something, because if something bad had happened, they would have been told
about it.
 If you don’t hear that something bad has happened, it is probably because nothing
bad has happened.

In Colombian Spanish:
La falta de noticias son buenas noticias.
All roads lead to Rome

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Idiom:
All roads lead to Rome.
Examples:
10. I don't care whether you save and then send the file; all roads lead to Rome.
11. It doesn’t matter if you google it or you know it, the thing is to complete the
exercise, all roads lead to Rome.
Definitions:
 All paths lead to the same goal.
 All the methods of doing something will achieve the same result in the end.
 Many different methods will produce the same result.
 There are many different routes to the same goal.

In Colombian Spanish:
Todos los caminos conducen a Roma.
Blow and make bottles

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with-that--e693e/?tagSlug=divorce

Idiom:
Blow and make bottles.
Examples:
12. He thought the course was really simple, like blow and make bottles.
13. She is thinking that having a baby is blowing and making bottles.
14. Maybe to adopt a dog is like blow and make bottles.
Definitions:
 Something considered easy.
 We use this expression to say that it is not as easy as we think.
 Significa que nada es fácil.

In Colombian Spanish:
Soplar y hacer botellas.
He who laughs last, laughs best

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longest-photo

Idiom:
He who laughs last, laughs best.
Examples:
15. He laughed at the fall of his friend, not knowing that his fall would be worse, the
one who laughs last laughs best.
16. She thought copying on the test would help with her grade, but it was worse.
Definitions:
 The person who has control of a situation in the end is most successful, even if
other people had seemed originally to have an advantage.
 If someone is not successful now he or she will be the winner in the end.
 You may laugh now, thinking you have won, but you may not prevail in the end.

In Colombian Spanish:
El que ríe de último, ríe mejor.