no se pescan truchas a bragas enjutas

Spanish

Etymology

Loosely translated, "you can't catch trout without getting your pants wet"

Proverb

no se pescan truchas a bragas enjutas

nothing ventured, nothing gained
- 1898, Benito Pérez Galdós, De Oñate a la Granja:
  la vida de la corte es cara, y no se pescan truchas a bragas enjutas
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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