There wasn’t a sound to be heard. You could have heard a pin drop.
More Spanish Proverbs:
Stubborn men make lawyers.Spanish
Like a collier's sack, bad without and worse within.
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The kite's malady, its wings broken and its beak sound.
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The rat that has but one hole is soon caught.
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Don't be afraid of a spot that can be removed with water.
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If you have a loitering servant, set his dinner before him and send him on an errand.
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