I'm enjoying this subject.Very informative! Can anyone translate "birds of the same feather,flocks together" and "time heals all wounds" in spanish please??

"el que se fue a Sevilla perdió su silla" in rhymed english is "move your feet, lose your seat". Unfourtionatly, I've had it used on me quite a few times. I've always played with the rule if you say "saved" or "aces" no one can take your seat. Of course its only a game with friends/children.

"Birds of a feather flock together" is roughly the same sentiment as "Dios los cría y ellos se juntan" and "Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres."

"Time heals all wounds" could be "El tiempo lo cura todo" or -- less literally -- "No hay mal que cien años dure." (I've heard the latter more often.)

By the way, I really like "Move your feet, lose your seat!" It's very cute, and I'm not sure if I've heard it before.

Supajack, I have never heard your version. I grew up saying & hearing "move your meat, lose your seat"...perhaps a bit more crass than your interpretation.

Then again, that´s Philadelphia for you! (or should I say, for youse!

Yo, Chica --

Now that you mention it, "Move your meat, lose your seat" does vaguely ring a bell. Probably because I grew up just down the PATCO line from you, in Camden county (where we know what hoagies and jimmies are).

Well, the classic tongue-in-cheek translation of that is "Ciego loco." (One of my high school Spanish teachers told us that was an example of a bad computer translation.)

Why am I fluffing this thread. I'll be honest - I had actually googled a Spanish expression I'd seen (culo veo, culo quiero -- I couldn't work out what the hell it meant) to find its meaning. Of course MadridMans board came up. I should have searched here first of all.
What an amazing site (I believe people have stated this before...)

Could "culo veo, culo quiero" be "monkey see, monkey do"?

And how about this one. "No hay mal que por bien no venga" which is a wonderfully twisted way of saying "every cloud has a silver lining"

Congratulations Rboltze, this was a great idea.

Well, this is great. Yesterday I noticed that I KNOW rboltze, we are currently (since october) working in the same company.
2 years ago we didn't know each other, but now we work together.
This is the magic of internet.
We say "El mundo es un pañuelo"
I don't know the equivalent English saying, but it would translate like "this is a small world".

This is FUN! (Glad that Deibid ended up working with a fellow board member)
Found some more
A palabras necias, oidos sordos - Take no notice of the stupid things some people say
Al perro flaco, todo son pulgas - It never rains but it pours
Dame pan y dime tonto - I don't care what you think of me so long as I get what I want
De casi no se muere nadie - A miss is as good as a mile
A la puta y al barbero nadie los quiere viejos - It's a young man's game(???)

Here's one I've not been able to suss out, I suspect it may be a Bible quotation...
Cada mochuelo a su olivo

Found some (but not all) translations at this website:

proverbs page