Friday pretexts for not fasting (meaning pleas of indisposition for not eating fish.)
More Spanish Proverbs:
One stroke on the nail and a hundred on the horseshoe.Spanish
The cask smells of the wine it contains.
Spanish
He that minds his business at home, will not be accused of taking part in the fray.
Spanish
When the Devil was sick the Devil a monk would be, When the Devil got well, the devil a monk was he.
Spanish
There is no woman who sleeps so deeply that the sound of a guitar won't bring her to the window.
Spanish
He who gives to the public, gives to no one.
Spanish