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A otro perro con ese hueso. (You're putting me on.)

Literal: To another dog with that bone.
Antes que te cases mira lo que haces. (Look before you leap.)

Literal: Before you marry, look at what you do.
Cada quien tiene su manera de matar pulgas (There's more than one way to skin the cat.)

Literal: Everyone has their own way to kill fleas.
Como el burro que tocó la flauta. (By pure luck.)

Literal: As the donkey played the flute.
Salir de Guatemala y meterse en guatepeor. (Out of the frying pan and into the fire.)

Literal: To leave Guatemala and arrive in worse cornstalks.
El hijo de la gata, ratones mata. (Like father, like son.)

Literal: The son of the cat kills mice.
Entrada de caballo, salida de burro. (Don't start something you can't finish.)

Literal: Enter on horseback, leave on a donkey.
Tener más lana que un borrego. (To have money to burn.)

Literal: To have more wool than a lamb.
Yo tengo una tía que toca la guitarra. (What's that got to do with the price of tea in China?)

Literal: I have an aunt that plays the guitar.
Ir a donde la reina va solo. (To powder one's nose.)

Literal: To go where the queen goes alone.