Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo.»
Word for word
Sooner one catches the liar than the lame.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: A liar is caught sooner than a lame man.
Used to say that lies are eventually discovered. Common as a warning to people who think they can get away with deceiving others.
Hear it in a sentence
No sigas mintiendo, porque antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo.
Stop lying, because a liar is caught sooner than a lame man.
Why learn dichos?
Proverbs like this one are everywhere in spoken Spanish — dropped mid-conversation, usually just the first half, with the rest left for you to complete. Recognizing them is one of the fastest ways to sound less like a textbook and follow real speech. Every Lingocito edition signs off with the dicho del día, so you meet one a day next to news written at your exact level.