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Los proverbios ingleses más frecuentes en el cine
«all hands on deck» es la frase que aparece en más películas de esta lista: 7. «every man for himself» va segunda, en 7, y «down the hatch» tercera, en 6. El puesto cuenta películas distintas, no las veces que se repite dentro de una misma película.
Cómo se cuenta
Cada puesto es el número de películas distintas de la biblioteca de WinkLingo cuyo diálogo contiene la frase. Si la frase vuelve dentro de la misma película, sigue contando como una. Si empatan, se ordenan por cuántas de esas líneas revisó una persona o un modelo, y luego por el nombre. Solo entran expresiones de varias palabras ya publicadas en el sitio; las palabras sueltas y los fragmentos no cuentan.
La biblioteca tiene ahora 1,000,000+ clips cortos, 1,000+ películas, 2,800+ capítulos largos y 1,800+ páginas de frases. Estamos ampliando hacia millones de clips y más de 10.000 capítulos, con películas nuevas cada semana.
Las cifras de la biblioteca se recalculan cada día. Esta lista se generó a las 2026-10-13 06:42 UTC.
| Puesto | Frase | Significado | Películas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | all hands on deck | everyone helps or must help, especially in a difficult situation | 7 |
| 2 | every man for himself | people must take care of themselves and not give or expect any help | 7 |
| 3 | down the hatch | used before drinking sth, especially to express good wishes before drinking alcohol | 6 |
| 4 | safety first | safety is the most important thing | 5 |
| 5 | an eye for an eye | used to say that you should punish sb by doing to them what they have done to you or to sb else | 5 |
| 6 | be easier said than done | to be much more difficult to do than to talk about | 5 |
| 7 | time flies | time seems to pass very quickly | 4 |
| 8 | you can never tell | you can never be sure, for example because things are not always what they appear to be | 4 |
| 9 | birds of a feather | people of the same sort (are found together) | 4 |
| 10 | enough is enough | used when you think that sth should not continue any longer | 4 |
| 11 | it's a small world | 4 | |
| 12 | live and let live | used to say that you should accept other people's opinions and behaviour even though they are different from your own | 3 |
| 13 | money talks | people who have a lot of money have more power and influence than others | 3 |
| 14 | time is money | time is valuable, and should not be wasted | 3 |
| 15 | all work and no play | it is not healthy to spend all your time working; you need to relax too | 3 |
| 16 | better late than never | used especially when you, or sb else, arrive / arrives late, or when sth such as success happens late, to say that this is better than not coming or happening at all | 3 |
| 17 | there's a first time for everything | the fact that sth has not happened before does not mean that it will never happen | 3 |
| 18 | two can play at that game | used to tell sb who has played a trick on you that you can do the same thing to them | 3 |
| 19 | a rolling stone gathers no moss | 2 | |
| 20 | a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | it is better to keep sth that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more | 2 |
| 21 | actions speak louder than words | what a person actually does means more than what they say they will do | 2 |
| 22 | beggars can't be choosers | people say beggars can't be choosers when there is no choice and sb must be satisfied with what is available | 2 |
| 23 | better safe than sorry | used to say that it is wiser to be too careful than to act too quickly and do sth you may later wish you had not | 2 |
| 24 | let sleeping dogs lie | to avoid mentioning a subject or sth that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments | 2 |
| 25 | the die is cast | used to say that an event has happened or a decision has been made that cannot be changed | 2 |
| 26 | a friend in need | 2 | |
| 27 | so far so good | used to say that things have been successful until now and you hope that they will continue to be successful, but you know that the task, etc. is not finished yet | 2 |
| 28 | the more the merrier | the more people or things there are, the better the situation will be or the more fun people will have | 2 |
| 29 | a penny for your thoughts | 2 | |
| 30 | two wrongs don't make a right | used to say that if sb does sth bad to you, the situation will not be improved by doing sth bad to them | 2 |
Cómo estudiar con esta lista
- Empieza por las diez primeras. Abre la frase, escucha la línea y repítela en voz alta.
- La cifra cuenta películas, así que lo de arriba es lo que más probabilidad tienes de oír en otra.
- Si quieres más de lo mismo, sal de la tabla y abre esa categoría, o busca en el reproductor la línea que acabas de oír.
Cómo citar estos datos
Fuente: WinkLingo, «Los proverbios ingleses más frecuentes en el cine» (https://winklingo.com/es/data/movie-proverbs), actualizado el 2026-10-13