Hay que andar con pies de plomo al jugar esta apertura con negras. Sobre todo con el alfil de rey, que parece que le hayan echado un mal de ojo.

Deflection

You will neither dance nor hold the candle. Scottish

More belongs to dancing than a pair of dancing shoes. Dutch

They love dancing well that dance among thorns. English

One danger is not overcome without another. Italian

Better face a danger once than be always in fear. English

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger. English

He that will not sail until all dangers are over must not put to sea.

Joan is as good as my lady in the dark. English

It is ill to drive black hogs in the dark. English

He who gropes in the dark finds what he would not.

When the date-crop is over everyone mocks at the palm tree. Abyssinian

I say it to you, daughter, hear it, daughter-in-law. Spanish

It is still the first day. Indian

There is a day to be born and a day to die. Chinese

There is a day to cast your nets and a day to dry your nets. Chinese

In the east there are many days and they all pass away in the west. Finnish

One of these days is none of these days. English

Is it the days you would count? The hairs of a cow are few. Bantu

There's a cure for everything but stark dead. Irish

The dead are at the mercy of the living. Persian

When one is dead it is for a long time. French

The real dead one must not seek in graves. German

A deaf hearer makes a crazy answerer. Danish

When the deaf gives the blind a lamp he receives bagpipes. German

A deaf man laughs twice.
(i.e. when he sees others laughing and when he learns the point.) Afghanistan

It is only the first bottle that is dear. French

The first breath is the beginning of death. English

He hauls a long rope who expects another's death. Italian

The old man runs away from death, but the child stands and looks at it. Sudanic

Death doesn't look at our teeth. Russian

Death for a common cause is beautiful. Russian

We do not get even death free of charge, for it costs us our life. Russian

He who is afraid of death has lost his life. Estonian

Death helps out of difficulties but demands high payment. Swedish

Death is a black camel which kneels at every man's gate. Turkish

Death is the poor man's physician. German

The man in debt is a swimmer with his boots on. Negro

Deceiving of a deceiver is no knavery. English

He that once deceives is ever suspected. English

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. English

In the inn of decision men sleep well. Oriental

Deeds are fruits, words are leaves.

Let men know by your own deeds who were your ancestors. Japanese

He who can shoot a deer lets the hare run away. German

The deer-hunter does not look at the hare. Chinese

Better deny at once than promise long. Danish

He who depends on another, dines ill and sups worse. English

The destitute does not live, but dies by inches. Russian

Mankind bestows more applause on her destroyers than her benefactors. English

A man without determination is but an untempered sword. Chinese

Deviate an inch and lose a thousand miles. Chinese

Don't mention the cross to the devil. Italian

It is good sometimes to hold a candle to the devil. English

Make not even the devil blacker than he is. English

"You look like a runner," quoth the devil to the crab.

You would do little for God if the devil were dead. Scottish

If you have swallowed the devil, you may swallow his horns. English

The best throw of the dice is to throw them away. English

It's long ere "likely to die" fills the churchyard. Scottish

If we go forward we die; if we go backward we die; better go forward and die. Bantu

He hath lived ill that knows not how to die well. English

He wants to die with all his teeth in his head.
(i.e. die young.) North American Indian

He that died half a year ago is as dead as Adam. English

There is no difference between bread-and-milk and milk-and-bread. (i.e. don't split hairs.) Breton

What one knows not how to do is difficult, what one knows how to do is not. Chinese

The dinner-bell's always in tune. Negro

He who washes off the dirt washes off the luck. Chinese

Count the disadvantages first, then the advantages. Indian

Murder may be condoned but discourtesy never. Chinese

Desperate diseases must have desperate cures. English

He who disparages wants to buy. Italian

He who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to command. Spain

Who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to live. English

The bone is left in the hand of the distributor. Finnish

If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it. Chinese

If you do it, don't talk about it. German

If you do what people tell you, you will be fishing hare in the sea and hunting fish in the woods. Bulgarian

Do not adjust your sandals in a melon field, or arrange your hat under a plum tree. (i.e. lest you be thought stealing.) Chinese

"Don't do it" is the best remedy for "Let it not be known." Sudanic

Do not ask the doctor, ask the patient. German

A doctor bald to the nape of his neck is not likely to cure anybody of baldness. Sudanic

The doctor cures the sick man who does not die. Japanese

The doctor demands his fees whether he has killed the illness or the patient. Polish

When everybody is doing well, the doctor is miserable. Hungarian

The doctor is never killed because the patient dies. Sudanic

The gentle-handed doctor makes a stinking wound. French

If you do not pay the doctor who has cured you, beware of falling ill again. Chinese

The more doctors, the more diseases. Portuguese

Good doctrine needs no miracle. Japanese

The doctrine that enters only into the eye and ear is like the repast one takes in a dream. Chinese

A great many shoes are worn out before a man does what he says.

I will not keep a dog, and bark myself. English

The dog barks, but the camel passes on. Semitic

None but a dog bites in his own house.
(i.e. said of a person who quarrels with his guests.) Semitic

The dog bites the stone, not him that throws it. English

When a dog cannot bark it has a bone in its mouth. (i.e. a man cannot reprove another if he has sinned in the same way.) Bantu

A good dog deserves a bone. English

An old dog does not bark for nothing. French

A dog does not long remain tied to a sausage. German

In beating a dog, first find out who his owner is. Chinese

If the dog goes when the cat comes, there will be no fight. Chinese

A wet dog has no master.
(i.e. no one wants to claim a miserable thing.) Bantu

Beware the dog himself; his shadow does not bite. Danish

Every dog is a lion at home. English

When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him drink. English

The dog is the same, he has only changed his collar. Spanish

If you want a pretense to whip a dog, it is enough to say he ate up the frying-pan. English

A dog limps when it likes.
(Said to one who makes pretexts.) Breton

He has the black dog on his back.
(i.e. he is in low spirits.) English

The dog on three legs isn't always lame. Negro

He that wants to hang a dog says it bites the sheep. Danish

The leaner the dog the fatter the flea. German

If you would entice a dog to you, don't hold a stick in your hand. Bantu

Keep the bone and the dog will follow you. Irish

A dog will not cry if you beat him with a bone. English

Don't pelt the dog with meat dumplings. Chinese

In every country dogs bite. English

The dog's kennel is not a place to keep a sausage. Danish

A dog's tears drop inside.
(i.e. a poor man has no means of expressing his grief.) Bantu

Dogs which fight each other unite against the wolf. Armenian

He that lies down with dogs will get up with fleas. Spanish

A dogmatical tone, a pragmatical pate. English

In doing we learn. English

If something is done for you, it must always be reckoned as good. Chinese

He that is a donkey and believes himself a deer finds out his mistake at the leaping of the ditch. Italian

The trot of a donkey does not last long. German

When you go to a donkey's house don't talk about ears. Negro

When one door closes, a hundred are barred. Spanish

A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.
(i.e. a complaining sick person lives long.) English

A door must be either open or shut.
(i.e. there is only one alternative.) French

Where one door shuts another opens. Spanish

Beware of a door that has too many keys.
(i.e. beware of a secret widely held.) Portuguese

When you doubt do not act. Latin

With great doubts comes great understanding; with small doubts comes little understanding. Chinese

Doubts mean losing half of one's case beforehand. Chinese

A dragon stranded in shallow water furnishes amusement for the shrimps. Chinese

Dragons beget dragons; phoenixes hatch out phoenixes. Chinese

A slice of ham is better than a fat pig in a dream. German

A dream grants what one covets when awake. German

When troubles are few, dreams are few. Chinese

Dreams are themselves nothing but dreams. Spanish

Three-tenths of good looks are due to nature, seven-tenths to dress. Chinese

Friends are at fault when a man is allowed to wear his dress awry. Chinese

You look at what I drink and not at my thirst. Spanish

They speak of my drink, that never consider my drouth. Scottish

If you don't drink, the price of wine is of no interest. Chinese

Thousands drink themselves to death before one dies of thirst. German

First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man. Japanese

It is easier to drink two glasses than to excuse yourself from one. Polish

He speaks in his drink what he thought in his drouth. English

I hate a man with a memory at a drinking bout. German

He who likes drinking is always talking of wine. Italian

He who would drive another over three dikes must climb over two himself. Dutch

Drive not away what never came near you. Danish

A little drop of water silences a boiling pot. German

Drops excavate rocks. Bulgarian

A drowning man would catch at razors. Italian

Where drums speak out, laws hold their tongues.

If everyone tells you you are drunk, go to bed – even if you are perfectly sober. Serbian

To a drunken man the sea is only knee-deep. Russian

What has been said in a drunken state has been thought out beforehand. Flemish

"Who can help sickness?" quoth the drunken wife as she fell in the gutter. Scottish

To come home with a duck in the mouth.
(i.e. to be successful.) English

The quiet duck puts his foot on the unobservant worm. Chinese

The song of the dumb is murmured to himself. Malay

He that blows in the dust, fills his eyes with it. English

Better walk in the dust than crawl near the throne. German

Don't talk small to a dwarf. Chinese

A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees further of the two. English

A dwarf sees giants everywhere. German

When with dwarfs do not talk about pygmies. Chinese

The End