Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a perro sarnoso todo son pulgas
English translation:
it never rains but it pours
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dhrd
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Spanish term
a perro sarnoso todo son pulgas
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Simon Bruni
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it never rains but it pours
Not the precise meaning, but close enough and a common saying.
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They say a reasonable amount o' fleas is good for a dog - it keeps him .... Strong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind. ..... man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being free from flatterers. ...
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Saludos,
eski
Reference comments
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Reference:
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The more common form of the Spanish proverb, in my experience, is "a perro flaco todo son pulgas".
I think "it never rains but it pours" is the best and most familiar equivalent, but there are many others listed in Emanuel Strauss's Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs, which is great fun. See http://books.google.es/books?id=HJ_BJtntMioC
For "a perro flaco todo son pulgas" (no sign of "perro sarnoso" here), there are several Spanish alternatives given, of which my favourite is "al desdichado, las puercas le paren perros".
The English equivalents suggested (none of which is exactly common, to my mind) are:
a lean dog gets nothing but fleas
an unlucky man would be drowned in a teacup
flies are busiest about lean horses
flies bite none but lean and feeble oxen
fortune ne'er turns the key to the poor.
(no. 268, p. 72)
No fewer than twenty alternatives are given for "it never rains but it pours", listed here as an equivalent for several Spanish expressions including "el mal llama al mal". Nearly all of them are variations on the one that seems to be a viable alternative for "a perro flaco": troubles never come singly (that's the version I have heard used).
(no. 427, p. 110)
I think "it never rains but it pours" is the best and most familiar equivalent, but there are many others listed in Emanuel Strauss's Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs, which is great fun. See http://books.google.es/books?id=HJ_BJtntMioC
For "a perro flaco todo son pulgas" (no sign of "perro sarnoso" here), there are several Spanish alternatives given, of which my favourite is "al desdichado, las puercas le paren perros".
The English equivalents suggested (none of which is exactly common, to my mind) are:
a lean dog gets nothing but fleas
an unlucky man would be drowned in a teacup
flies are busiest about lean horses
flies bite none but lean and feeble oxen
fortune ne'er turns the key to the poor.
(no. 268, p. 72)
No fewer than twenty alternatives are given for "it never rains but it pours", listed here as an equivalent for several Spanish expressions including "el mal llama al mal". Nearly all of them are variations on the one that seems to be a viable alternative for "a perro flaco": troubles never come singly (that's the version I have heard used).
(no. 427, p. 110)
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
: Yes, ´"flaco". Great ref!
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Many thanks, Beatriz :)
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