Request for translation

[old_cutter_john]

This morning I saw an advertisement for a lawyer at a municipal bus shelter. At the bottom was the sentence, "No Hable con Maria," with the upper case H and the enclosing quotation marks. I can do the word-for-word as well as anyone, but I have no idea what it actually means. Can someone explain it to me? Idiom and cultural context?

Comments

[nickykaa]

"Don't talk to Mary." Latino expression meaning, "Take some action; don't rely on divine intervention to make this problem go away." The lawyer is marketing himself to the local Hispanic population, saying, "Hire me instead of waiting for the Virgin Mary to miraculously solve your problem."

[old_cutter_john]

Thankee! The whole ad was in Spanish, but I could make sense of the rest.

[rick_day]

I am SO going to use this phrase!

[ratkrycek]

Happy birthday! :D

And that reminds me of a Russian proverb - "Pray to God, but keep rowing to shore while you do it!"

Sounds like good advice to me.

[old_cutter_john]

Thankee!

That icon is quite a show!- runs a long time!