In a conversation on reddit today someone asked if other languages have phrases like "rightie tightie, leftie loosie" to remember which way to turn screws/lids/etc. And one person answers that in Spanish, the phrase is:
"La derecha oprime, la izquierda libera."
or:
"The right oppresses, the left liberates."
(Now I kind of want to put this on a t shirt)
@sarahbecan Spanish native speaker, never heard the phrase used with that purpose. One abre/cierra grifos/llaves but never oprime one of them.
@ojala @sarahbecan I've definitively heard it several times. Mostly online, though. Not that much in person.
@sanzky @sarahbecan I've found it only in the context of left-leaning people going for a cute saying, but not of general use in real life.
@ojala @sanzky @sarahbecan left-leaning people are people. therefore people say it (myself included).
