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SUAREZ RODRIGUEZ SANDY LORENA

 SAYINGS
■ IDIOM: ■ IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
■ Better the devil you know than the ■ Más vale malo conocido que bueno por
devil you don't know. conocer.
■ DEFINITIONS:
■ It is not advisable to risk what you have
for something apparently greater, but
whose membership may be doubtful.
■ EXAMPLES:
■ Giving up a job we hate for another
that might be better.
■  Sell our old car to buy a new one.
 ■ EXAMPLES:
■ IDIOM:
■ (The boss addresses the employees in the
■ A word is enough to the wise. office)
-I want this matter settled before you go home.
■ DEFINITIONS:
■ (Two friends, in a bar)
■ There is no need to explain it. Whoever
says this saying alludes to the -Uncle, Lucia hasn't answered my messages all
intelligence of his interlocutor to week.
indicate that the message is so clear ■ IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
that he does not need to add words to
understand it. On the other hand, if it is ■ A buen entendedor, pocas palabras bastan.
used as a reply, it confirms the full
understanding of the message
conveyed.
■ IDIOMS:
A stitch in time saves nine.

■ DEFINITIONS:

■ It is better to adopt the necessary means so that

a situation does not lead to an unsolvable end.

■ EXAMPLES:

■ It is better to prevent the disease in time than,

after it has come, to look for a remedy.
■ Better to sweat than to sneeze.

■ IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:

■ Más vale prevenir que curar.

■ IDIOMS:
What can't be cured must be endured. ■ IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
■ DEFINITIONS: ■ A mal tiempo, buena cara.

■ It is a saying that when things go wrong or get

complicated, the best thing to do is to face them
with the best attitude.

■ EXAMPLES:

■ When a classmate gets a bad grade on the first

exam of the year, we tell him or her that "in bad
weather, good luck", so that he or she does not
get discouraged and knows that he or she can
overcome the setback later in the year.

■ When a soccer team goes to the half time

losing. If the players understand that they have
to show a good face in bad weather, it is
possible that in the second half they will be able
to turn the score around, as they will take the
field with the best attitude.
■ IDIOMS:
Every cloud has a silver lining.
■ IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
■ DEFINITIONS:
■ No hay mal que por bien no venga.

■ It is a saying that seeks to send an optimistic

message about situations that, in principle, are
not good but that, in the future, can generate
positive results.
■ EXAMPLES:
■ Luis had a job interview yesterday for which he
was very optimistic but, unfortunately, he did not
get the position. But, ʽno hay mal que por bien
no vengaʼ, in the afternoon he received a call
from another job offer and, before the end of the
day, he went for the interview. He had better
luck, was given the position and better job
benefits.

■ It is not a matter of pointing out that all evil

produces good; on the contrary, what is meant
is that better things can come out of evil.
■ IDIOMS: ■ IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
■ Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
■ Cuando el río suena, agua lleva.

■ DEFINITIONS:

■ It explains that from any indication a fact can be

deduced.It is applied in particular to affirm of
any rumor that it has some foundation.

■ EXAMPLES:
■ There is talk in town that Juan and Maria are
having an affair - What nonsense! -I wouldn't be
so sure.
■ The company has neither confirmed nor denied
anything, but when the river flows, it does not
always carry water.
■ IDIOMS:
■ Early to bed, early to rise, makes the man ■ IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
healthy, wealthy and wise. ■ A quien madruga, Dios le ayuda.

■ DEFINITIONS:
■ It recommends to be diligent in order to succeed
in one's pretensions, in one's work. Comment to
the usage marker: This proverb has several
additions by way of reply: A quien madruga,
Dios le ayuda, si se le le levanta con buen fin.

■ EXAMPLES:
■ If you leave home early, you are sure to get
better and more products in the market, in a
clothing store, a better place to sit in the park,
the beach, the theater, among others.

■ The early bird does not make the worm rise

early". However, people should not be
discouraged, there are situations that are more
complex than expected and to which solutions
must be found.