Cuando el río suena, agua lleva.
“When the river makes noise, it is carrying water.”
Where there is smoke there is fire — persistent rumors or signs usually point to some underlying truth.
— Traditional Salvadoran Wisdom, El Salvador
Source: Traditional Salvadoran proverb (refrán popular), shared Hispanic/Central American oral tradition, public-domain oral tradition
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