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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Do you know what Poner un cuatro mean?

Poner un cuatro


Poner un cuatro is an expression that means to lie to trap someone. In English it would be "To catch you red handed".

Example:


The police caught the thief red handed - La policía le puso un cuatro al ladrón.




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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Sabes que significa "you are preaching to the choir"?

You are preaching to the choir



This idiom means that you don't have to say more things to another person because she or he already agrees with you.

En español sería algo equivalente a no desperdiciar el tiempo tratando de convencer a alguien que ya está totalmente de acuerdo.

preaching to the choir
preaching to the choir



Example:

You: I know many governments are corrupted, because ... 

Your friend: Yes buddy, you are preaching to the choir.

Se que muchos gobiernos son corruptos, porque ...

Si amigo, no desperdicies tu tiempo, porque estoy totalmente de acuerdo.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

¿Como se dice salir del clóset?

Come out of the closet
Salir del closet

Salir del armario


To come out of the closet - It means when someone tells their friends, family and everybody that he's a gay.

Example:

Ricky Martin finally came out of the closet, he told the media that he's gay. - Ricky Martin finalmente salió del clóset / armario, el le dijo a los medios que es gay.