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Old October 06, 2014, 11:34 AM
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"Shooting the messenger" has nothing to do with "el que avisa no es traidor". It seems to be some misunderstanding there about what "avisar" means: it isn't to convey a message or bad news -then maybe becoming the scapegoat accountable for those bad news- but to warn or notify about the future actions of the very same person issuing the warning.

The Spanish idiom says you shouldn't resent the actions of someone who beforehand has warned you about doing so.
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