The best greguerías by Ramón Gómez de la Serna
The top 3 according to 13 votes from people: Snoring is noisily slurping a soup of dreams. · The hardest fish to catch is the soap in the bathwater. · The heart is love's artichoke.. (Updated Dec 28, 2018.)
The greguería is «humour + metaphor», as its inventor put it. These are the wittiest, taken from «Total de greguerías» (1962) and the selection «Greguerías 1910-1960».
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 12
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Snoring is noisily slurping a soup of dreams.
Greguerías 1910-1960.
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2
The hardest fish to catch is the soap in the bathwater.
Greguerías 1910-1960.
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3
The heart is love's artichoke.
Total de greguerías (1962).
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4
Our South Pole is in our feet. That's why they get so cold sometimes.
Total de greguerías (1962).
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5
Since she gave slow kisses, her love affairs lasted longer.
Greguerías 1910-1960.
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6
A silk handkerchief is the goodbye of a caress.
Total de greguerías (1962).
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7
Shyness is like a badly tailored suit.
Total de greguerías (1962).
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It's never tomorrow; it's always today.
Total de greguerías (1962).
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Water lets its hair down in waterfalls.
Greguerías 1910-1960.
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10
An adagio is a sad piece of advice.
Total de greguerías (1962); a pun on «adagio», which in Spanish means both a saying and a slow musical tempo.
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11
The belly button is missing its button.
Total de greguerías (1962).
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12
A humorist isn't a humorist until people call him one.
From his autobiography, Automoribundia (1948).
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (5)
Lo del jabón como pez, genial y verdad.
Las leí en el instituto y me encantaron.
«Al ombligo le falta el botón», jaja.
Ramón inventó los tuits cien años antes.
«Roncar es tomar ruidosamente sopa de sueños», la mejor greguería de todas.