Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«El que guarda su boca, guarda su alma.»
¿Cómo se dice «El que guarda su boca, guarda su alma» en inglés? Watch your mouth, protect yourself.
Word for word
He who guards his mouth, guards his soul.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Watch your mouth, protect yourself.
Used to encourage self-control in speech as a way of protecting oneself from trouble. It has a moral or sometimes religious tone.
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Hear it in a sentence
El que guarda su boca, guarda su alma; no digas cosas de las que luego te arrepientas.
He who guards his mouth guards his soul; don't say things you'll later regret.
More Spanish sayings
- En boca cerrada no entran moscas. — Silence is golden — flies don’t enter a closed mouth.
- El que la hace, la paga. — You reap what you sow.
- El hombre propone y Dios dispone. — Man proposes, God disposes.
- Lo cortés no quita lo valiente. — Being polite doesn't make you any less brave.
- El que parte y reparte se queda con la mejor parte. — The one who divides keeps the best part.
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