Spanish Saying April 29, 2008
“The early bird catches the worm” has in its Spanish equivalent a different prize for early risers: “El que madruga coge la oruga”. The literal translation is “He who rises early gets the caterpillar”. The worm (gusano) may have been sacrificed in order for the phrases to rhyme.
May 6, 2008 at 8:36 pm
I use to say “A quien madruga Dios le ayuda” which means roughly: if you wake up early God will help you…