Meaning of onde falan cartas, calen barbas | Babel Free

Definitions

actions speak louder than words

idiomatic

Examples

“Juro por tantos, è cantos / que à andeuer denegrada, / anque a justicia me lebe / os bois da corte, yas bacas. / eu pido vsos, e custumes / calen barbas, falen cartas”

I swear by each and every one that they shall see it livid, even if Justice takes away my oxen from the stables and the cows. I ask for customs and habits, actions speak louder than words.

“— Señorito, non lle parezca mal. Ond'hai cartas calan barbas; o que s'escribe lese; o mundo, como V. m'enseña, esta cheo de trampóns e un papeliño sempre é bo, señorito.”

"Milord, don't get me wrong. Where there is charters, men shut up; what's written can be read; the world, as you teach me, is full of frauds and a piece of paper is always for good, milord."

CEFR level