Common Sayings From Spain Let's start our exploration with Spain. The Spanish flag No te hagas el sueco(pronounced: noh tay AH-gahs ayl SWAY-koh), literally: 'Don't make yourself the Swedish'. ' This phrase, a variation ofhacerse el sueco('to make oneself/ to pretend to be Swedish'...
Just as we have unique phrases and sayings in the US, many countries all around the world use phrases that are totally unique to them. These idioms are usually shorter, visually focused phrases that are used to put across a wider meaning – think ‘blowing off steam’ or ‘hitting the nai...
This relatively small collection of sayings, most in antithetic parallel structure and arranged thematically in twenty-six chapters, offers to guide us on an unusual path toward personal liberation. It is premised on ideas that would become the major tenets of Buddhism: the power of thoughts to ...