Some Spanish Sayings

To add a bit of colour to your Spanish, why not try including some popular phrases and sayings, such as the ones below:

• Sólo se vive una vez: you only live once
• Salir el tiro por la culata: to backfire
• Ser pan comido: it's a piece of cake
• Ser un cero a la izquierda: to be a nobody
• Si no puedes vencerlo(s), únete a él(ellos): if you can't beat'em, join'em
• Sin pena ni gloria: to go one's own little way

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