El orgullo es un mal consejero

English translation: Don't let pride be your guide

20:51 Jul 26, 2022
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Spanish term or phrase: El orgullo es un mal consejero
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Carmenza Angel
Canada
Local time: 11:18
English translation:Don't let pride be your guide
Explanation:
Or "don't let pride guide you".

Unfortunately, the asker hasn't given any context, but this approach could also work in the right setting.
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 09:18
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Pride cometh before a fall.
Barbara Cochran, MFA
4 +1Pride is a poor counselor
Wilsonn Perez Reyes
3 +2Don't let pride be your guide
Robert Carter
4pride is a bad adviser
Francois Boye


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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pride is a bad adviser


Explanation:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140609100908-557690-pride-i...

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 11:18
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 28
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Pride cometh before a fall.


Explanation:
The more your ego is puffed up with pride, the harder it will be to cope with a fall from grace, so to speak, which might come about because of that very characteristic of your personality. It is a "bad counselor" because exhibiting too much of it can damage your public image, something that can alienate others. And because of that, you might end up in one or more kinds of diminished states.

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Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 11:18
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karine Simões
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Karine.

agree  neilmac: = Pride comes before a fall. Classic.
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, neil. Yes, the asker might prefer "classic" to "biblical".
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Pride is a poor counselor


Explanation:
Ethnic pride is a poor counselor both to blacks and whites. I do not claim that we whites actually invented all things. Actually, the opposite seems to be the actual case ...
https://books.google.com.sv/books?id=1yeBGKreTCYC&pg=PA139&l...

Wilsonn Perez Reyes
El Salvador
Local time: 09:18
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  Adrian MM.: .. is poor Counsel (capital 'C').
57 mins
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Don't let pride be your guide


Explanation:
Or "don't let pride guide you".

Unfortunately, the asker hasn't given any context, but this approach could also work in the right setting.

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 09:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 96
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Wilson: Nice one!
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marie!

agree  Adoración Bodoque Martínez
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Adoración.
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