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EyeSeeYou Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

In search of IDIOM conveying: HEED my advice

In some Spanish-speaking countries there's a saying which goes something like this: "Si te digo que lleves el paraguas es porque llueve/lloverá".

It could literally be translated as the following: "Take the umbrella with you because it's rainning/ going to rain", meaning give heed to my word of advice as it will end up helping you. Is there an idiom to convey this idea? I remember hearing one some time ago but it has completely slipped my mind.
  

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"A word to the wise is sufficient"?

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"A word to the wise is sufficient"?
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It could be, but there was this one that, I think, was along these lines: "If I say ___, you __".
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I'm telling you this as a friend.
I'm telling you this for your own good.
One that matches the form you remember is "If I say jump, you say how high," but it doesn't mean what it should.
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Some possibilities:

You can bank on what I say.
You can take what I say to the bank.
If I say it, you can bank on it.
You can bank on it.
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Alright, thanks people.

Yes, the "if I say jump, you say how high" means "you do as I say", right? Nothing to do with what I asked, I got it mixed up.
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Right: it is a command for absolute obedience.
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