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Let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth.

Spanish translation: \"A caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes...\"

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English term or phrase:	Let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth.
Spanish translation:	\"A caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes...\"
Entered by:	Paul García

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15:40 Nov 1, 2009

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Art/Literary - Law (general) / criminal law

English term or phrase: Let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth.

context: The scene is an attorney / client conference. Prosecution has brought a homicide charge down to manslaughter. Defense counsel expects his client will take this as good news, but he doesn't. (Habrá algo aparte del obvio '...colmillo de caballo regalado.') “Whether homicide or manslaughter doesn’t matter to me. I can’t just go along with years of jail time for something I didn’t do. I won’t plead guilty.”
Mike grew serious. “The only alternative is to go to trial.”
“École. Amen.”
“There you go. So be it.
Mike didn’t seem to have expected this. As common among defense attorneys he wanted to be sure of his client’s decision. “Their word is good; if they say ‘manslaughter’, that’s the charge they’ll bring. Let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth.”

Paul García KudoZ activity Questions: 288 (none open) (3 without valid answers) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 190 United States
Local time: 20:39

"A caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes..."

Explanation:
:) Good luck!

Selected response from:

mariar
Uruguay
Local time: 23:39

Grading comment

Muchas gracias, María R.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +17

"A caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes..."

mariar

5 +5

A caballo regalado no le mires el diente

Elena Otero

No le miremos los dientes al caballo regalado

Cecilia Lanzillotta

no le busques cinco pies al gato.

wmpetzall

Summary of reference entries provided

Dientes del caballo

Lamarche

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +17

let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth.

"A caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes..."

Explanation:
:) Good luck!

mariar
Uruguay
Local time: 23:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 55

Grading comment

Muchas gracias, María R.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Rutita: porque no? Muerde?

0 min

-> Ja,ja! Quizás... Saludos para ti!:))

agree

Maria Kisic

5 mins

-> Mil gracias, María! Saludos.:)

agree

Lamarche: Agree. It is because is free (not because it doesn't bite).

7 mins

-> Sure, we were just joking... It means exactly that. Have a great day!:)

agree

María Marta Semberoiz: Exacto, así es el dicho.

28 mins

-> Mil gracias, María Marta! Saludos.:))

agree

teresa quimper: Es porque la edad del caballo se puede calcular por los dientes. Por lo tanto, si es regalado, no importa si es joven o viejo.

28 mins

-> Desconocía lo del cálculo de la edad por los dientes... Muchas gracias por tu aporte! Que tengas un excelente día!:))

agree

Eileen Banks

34 mins

-> Mil gracias, Eileen! Saludos.:)

agree

psicutrinius: Yes, of course. But it may rhyme, too: "A caballo regalado no le mires el dentado"

36 mins

-> Sounds good to me!!! Thank you and have a great day!:))

agree

Paula Tizzano Fernández

38 mins

-> Muchas gracias, Paula! Saludos.:))

agree

Sylvia Baker

54 mins

-> Muchas gracias, Sylvia! Saludos.:))

agree

Adriana Martinez: Sí, en México sería con la ligera variación, "no se le ve el colmillo", que es básicamente lo mismo. ¡Saludos!

3 hrs

-> Gracias por tu aporte, Adriana! Un saludo para ti!!:))

agree

Robert Mavros

3 hrs

-> Muchas gracias, Roberto! Saludos.:)

agree

la acequiera

3 hrs

-> Muchas gracias, la acequiera! Saludos.:))

agree

LadyofArcadia

6 hrs

-> Thank you, LadyofArcadia! :)))

agree

Daniela Lara: uyy en méxico los caballos tienen complejo de vampiro jajajaj ;) es un buen dicho, pero se aplica poco, como todos los dichos...siempre se critica lo que se nos regala , por eso inventaron el ticket de cambio jajaj

7 hrs

-> jajajaja! Tienes razón! Un cordial saludo para ti.:))

agree

eski: WELL put! :)) eski

9 hrs

-> Thank you very much, eski!!!:))

agree

Christian Nielsen-Palacios: en Venezuela, "a caballo regalado no se le mira el colmillo"

11 hrs

-> Mil gracias, Christian! Van mis saludos desde Uruguay.:))

agree

Diego Carpio

1 day5 hrs

-> Mil gracias, Diego! Saludos.:))

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth. A caballo regalado no le mires el diente

Explanation:
En España.

Suerte :)

Elena Otero
Spain
Local time: 02:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Galician,

Spanish

5 mins confidence:

let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth. No le miremos los dientes al caballo regalado

Explanation:
Hope it helps!

Cecilia Lanzillotta
Argentina
Local time: 23:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

1 day5 hrs confidence:

let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth. no le busques cinco pies al gato.

Explanation:
Otra versión popular, para indicar que no conviene (a) complicar una situación ya compleja, (b) rebuscar las intenciones de quien hace algo a favor nuestro, (c) provocar que se revoque un beneficio no esperado

wmpetzall
Venezuela
Local time: 21:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4