ExpressionsLife lessons
To kick the bucket.
Word for word: To kick the pail.
- How to say it
- pa·te·ar el bal·de
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More sayings: Life lessons
- Echando a perder se aprende.You learn by messing up. Said kindly to someone who just made a mistake.
- Lo que no mata, engorda.What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Also a joke before eating something questionable.
- Más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo.Experience beats cleverness.
- No todo lo que brilla es oro.All that glitters is not gold.
- Las apariencias engañan.Looks can be deceiving.
- No hay mal que por bien no venga.Every cloud has a silver lining: something good comes out of a setback.