To find oneself in tight breeches. (Ill at ease–we say in tight boots.)
More Spanish Proverbs:
Happy the house in which there is no shaven crown.Spanish
He is a great simpleton who starves himself to feed another.
Spanish
The exception proves the rule.
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He who is everybody's friend is either very poor or very rich.
Spanish
Peralvillo justice: hang a man first and try him afterwards.
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The best or the worst for a man is his wife.
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