Catalan Proverbs

* Barcelona és bona si la bossa sona.

Barcelona is good if the bag sounds (if you have money).

* De mica en mica s'omple la pica i de gota en gota s'omple la bota.

Little by little you fill the sink and drop by drop you fill the barrel.

* És pitjor el remei que la malaltia.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

* On vas, diner? Allà on n'hi ha més.

Where do you go, money? Where there is more.

* Ploure sobre mullat.

To rain on wet ground. In a sense, similar to the English "When it rains, it pours"; however, its application also favorable events, such as when a wealthy person wins the lottery.

* Comprar barat és comprar dues vegades.

To buy cheap is to buy twice.

* Any de neu, any de Déu.

Year of snow, year of God.

* A boca tancada, no hi entra mosca.

In a shut mouth, no fly will go in.

* No diguis blat que no sigui al sac i ben lligat.

Don't count your chickens until they've hatched.

* S'atrapa abans a un mentider que a un coix.

Literal translation: You'll catch a liar before you'll catch a cripple.
Meaning: It's easier to discover a liar than to catch a cripple.

* Qui la fa, la paga.

Who does, pays for it.

* Pagant, sant Pere canta.

Literally, if you pay, Saint Peter will sing. Similar to the English, "He who pays the piper calls the tune".

* Si això és guerra, que mai vingui pau !

If this is war, let peace never come !