Aquila non captat muscas…………An eagle does not catch flies.

The powers that be are no danger for the very little guy.

(For the little guy that is a very dangerous thing to believe.)

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Canis mordens non latrat……… A dog that bites does not bark.

Talkative people won’t take action and are therefore not as dangerous as the silent ones.

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Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus …………The hills gave birth to a ridiculous mouse.

A lot of fuss was made, but very little achieved.

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Asinus lyram audit, auriculas movens……… The donkey listens to the lyre and moves his ears.

Your best friend  thinks that he understands you, but in fact he doesn’t.

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Asino fabulam narras………. You are telling the story to a donkey.

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Camelus saltat. …………….The camel is dancing.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Araneis abundat.……………. It’s full of spiderwebs.

As for instance a blog or a hungry stomach or an empty account.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Dominas suas canes imitantur. …………….Dogs imitate their female owners.

(It could be that Goya thought of this proverb when he painted the Duchess of Alba with her little dog)

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Canis nonne similis lupo? ……… Isn’t a dog similar to a wolf?

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Via aquilae in caelo ……… The path of the eagle in the sky .

A Biblical saying for mysteries deserving our admiration.

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Multorum camelorum onus ………A load for many camels.

Easy to remember because of that sonorous Latin genitive, it says there is work that you had better leave to your colleagues.

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Asinus ad tegulas………………A donkey on the roof tiles.

Meaning the wrong man in the wrong place.

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Tu si me amas, canem meum dilige………………. If you love me, you’ll have to like my dog.

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And here is the complete Latin Zoo . In that distant past they each had a donkey at home, and some wealthy men had 1000 donkeys in their tents, but you can see that nobody ever looked twice at a donkey. They drew them, as kids do, according to an idea.

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Abyssus abyssum invocat……………The abyss calls the abyss

A mistake entails another one as for instance in mortgage banking

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Aquilam noctua comparas ………. You compare an eagle to an owl.

It means that your comparison suck.

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The pictures are fragments of drawings by Gary Olsen for The Cartoon College. The gold cap is by Mike Lester

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