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A DONKEY DOESN'T DIE EVERY DAY. (TRANSLATION
NO TODOS LOS DIOS SE MUERE UN BURRO. (SPANISH)

Submitter comment: A MEXICAN SAYING. INFORMANT QUOTED THIS TO ME WHEN SHE WAS KIDDED
ABOUT BEING PRAISED BY THE BOSS AT WORK FOR DOING SOMETHING
ESPECIALLY WELL. IT MEANS SOMETHDING LIKE: IT WAS JUST A GOOD

Where learned: MEXICAN

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): LITERALLY: NOT EVERY DAY A DONKEY DIES

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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