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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

One man's trash is another man's treasure


This idiom is very useful and it means in Spanish "Lo que alguién desecha, para otro es un tesoro".

What one person considers something worthless, it is valuable for someone else. Lo que una persona considera algo que no sirve, para otra persona es de valor.

Example:

Jane's aunt is always going through people's garbage, looking for old boxes. One man's trash is another man's treasure. - La tía de Jane siempre está buscando cajas viejas en la basura. Lo que alguién desecha para otro es un tesoro.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot

En casa del herrero cuchillo de palo, en casa del herrero asadón de palo. - it's when someone who can do the job they don't do it because they're lazy.

Example:

The doctor's son is very sick, yeah the shoemaker's son always goes barefoot - El hijo del doctor está muy enfermo, si, en casa del herrero asadón de palo.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

To work a treat

(BrE) To be very effective. - Ser muy efectivo.


Example:


If you want to burn some fat, try fat burner pills, it works a treat!. - Si quieres quemar grasa, prueba las pastillas de fat burner , son muy efectivas.