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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Spanish

Al corral con allo—Out of the window with it.

El Dorado—A region of unimagined wealth fabled at one time to exist in South America; a dreamland of wealth.

El rey y la patria—For king and country.

En cuéros—Naked.

Fiel pero desdichado—True though unfortunate.

Guerra al cuchillo—War to the knife.

Hombre de barba—A man of intelligence.

La farina del Diavolo, va tutta in crusca—The devil’s meal turns all to chaff.