Translation for "tempt providence" to spanish
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“It’s more than a white lie, it’s tempting Providence.
–Eso sería algo más que una mentirilla piadosa, sería tentar a la Providencia.
It was tempting Providence to use those words and he hoped that she would not have cause to regret them.
Usar esas palabras era tentar a la Providencia y deseó que no tuviera que arrepentirse de ellas.
It would be tempting Providence to hurl mother and me down, and afflict us again as He used to do.
Sería tentar a la Providencia para que nos volviera a afligir a mi madre y a mí como en el pasado».
“Oscar, instead of tempting Providence, you’d do better to head on down this road to that store that’s all locked up.
Oscar, en vez de tentar a la Providencia, más te valdría echar a andar por esa carretera hasta encontrar esa tienda que dicen que está cerrada.
In the meantime, as if tempting Providence to send them another Tempest, they transferred Sister Burstead, on the first of January, to another ward.
Entre tanto, casi como para tentar a la Providencia para que les mandara otra Tempest, vengativa, el primer día de enero trasladaron a la hermana Burstead a otra sala.
In any circumstance it was not a pleasant thing to meet a ferocious little man who had threatened his life, and to meet him unarmed was tempting Providence.
En ninguna circunstancia era agradable encontrarse con un hombrecillo feroz que le había amenazado de muerte, y marchar desarmado a su encuentro era tentar a la Providencia.
He had spoken of death, just as Ashley had done, and now Ashley—No one should ever speak of death! It was tempting Providence to mention death.
Wilkes había hablado de su muerte, como su hijo Ashley, y Ashley, ahora… Nunca debía mencionarse la muerte: era tentar a la providencia.
He'll fret his gizzard green if he don't soon hear from that maid of his. Well, learning is better than houses and lands. But to keep a maid at school till she is taller out of pattens than her mother was in 'em—'tis tempting Providence.
—Se va a romper los cascos si no recibe noticias de esa muchacha pronto. De acuerdo, la educación es mejor que ocuparse de la casa o de las tierras, pero mantener a una moza en la escuela hasta que sin zuecos sea más alta que su madre con ellos es tentar a la Providencia.
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