2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 53
1041. It is in vain to cast nets in a river where there are no fish.
1042. It is no fun to guard a house with two doors.
1043. It is not in the pilot's power to prevent the wind from blowing.
1044. It is not necessary to fall into a well to know its depth.
1045. It is not the fine, but the coarse and ill-spun that breaks.
1046. It is not the hook or the rod, but the bait that lures.
1047. It is not the load but the overload that kills.
1048. It is not the same thing to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring.
1049. It is nothing, they are only thrashing my husband.
1050. It is the bait that lures, not the fisherman or the rod.
1051. It is the truth that irritates a person.
1052. It is very savoury to eat scot free.
1053. It just makes things worse.
1054. It little avails the unfortunate to be brave.
1055. It makes no difference. It's as broad as it is long.
1056. It never rains, but it pours.
1057. It rains sorrow on him who is already wet.
1058. It takes taste to account for taste.
1059. It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
1060. It will all come out in the soap-suds.