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This proverb highlights that repetitive or redundant actions often lead to unnecessary exhaustion or wasted effort. It specifically suggests that doing something only to undo it immediately (like serving food and taking it back) results in losing the benefit or joy, and enduring pain for no productive outcome is futile. It is used to describe tasks that are laborious but yield no meaningful result.

This expression is used to describe a situation where someone is being extremely harsh, blunt, or unkind to a vulnerable person. It signifies a lack of empathy or a direct, painful impact on someone who has no protection against the action.

This proverb is used to describe someone who goes to a great distance or undertakes a significant journey/effort, but returns with something worthless or fails to achieve anything meaningful. It highlights the irony of putting in immense effort for a trivial or useless outcome.

This expression is used to describe doing a task with extreme ease, gentleness, or without any strain. It signifies handling a situation or performing an action so effortlessly that it feels as light as picking up a handful of flowers.

This proverb is used to describe how people tend to exaggerate the qualities or achievements of someone after they are gone or after an opportunity is lost. It highlights the human tendency to over-praise or sentimentalize things that are no longer available to be verified.

Lavishing praises on the dead which were not bestowed on the living. * Mellitum venenum, blanda oratio. † Palabras azucaradas por mas son amargas.

This expression is used to describe someone who remains completely indifferent, unbothered, or unresponsive to a situation that should typically provoke a reaction. Just as a lime tree doesn't show immediate or visible changes when watered compared to other plants, it refers to a person's stoic or cold lack of concern.

This proverb warns against the risks and anxieties associated with borrowing expensive items from others. It emphasizes that the mental stress of safeguarding someone else's property and the potential consequences of losing it far outweigh the temporary joy of using it. It is used to advise people to be content with what they own rather than showing off with borrowed goods.

This expression refers to a state of being overwhelmed or ruined by excessive debt. It is used to describe a situation where someone's financial stability or life is destroyed due to borrowing beyond their means.

This expression is used to describe a futile, impossible, or extremely difficult task. Just as it is impossible to pack or tie water into a bundle with a cloth, this phrase refers to situations where efforts are wasted on something that cannot be contained, managed, or achieved.

This expression describes a person who remains completely indifferent, unbothered, or unresponsive to a situation that requires action or emotion. It is used to characterize someone's coldness or lack of reaction in circumstances where others might be worried or excited.