Spanish Idioms

Ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente

• What you don’t know won’t hurt you

• What you don't see, your heart doesn't care

• Eyes are blind and Hearts don't have feelings

• We are what we eat.

No hay rosa sin espinas

• All roses have thorns

• Be careful when planting roses.

• Everything has its problems

• Roses have spines

Quien tiene boca se equivoque

• If you have a mouth you should shut it.

• Everyone makes mistakes

• Who has a mouth with bad teeth

• If you talk too much you will be wrong

Ser una gallina

• I like to eat chicken

• You are a chicken

• Chicken is my favorite food

• To be scared to do something

Más vale en pájaro en mano, que cien volando

• There is more value in what you have than what you could possibly have.

• If you have a bird in your hand 100 will fly by

• Don't pet birds near a volcano

• If you want something you have to work hard for it.

Ojo por ojo diente por diente

• If you stab someone in the eye you must punch them in the teeth

• This is based on revenge. If someone hits you in the eye, you should hit them in the eye.

• Some teeth are called eye teeth

• You have pretty eyes and pretty teeth

Verlo todo de color de rosa

• See everything likes its a rose.

• Color everything with the rose color

• To see things how you want to see them and not how they really are.

• To wear rose colored glasses

Ponte las pilas

• Buy some batteries

• Point at those piles

• Go to the beach and buy a dog.

• Get yourself together and get to work

Siempre hay dos lados de la historia

• Two sides to every story

• There are two sides to history.

• You should trust people when they tell you something

• Never trust anyone

El gato te comió la lengua

• Your cat will bite your tongue if you stick it out

• Someone is keeping quiet

• The gate to change is to speak up

• The cats tongue feels weird.