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Post  Curtis Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:54 am

Common words and phrases in the English language.
There are many phrases (common statements) in the English language that the English, British, American, Canadians, Australians use everyday without knowing where these phrases came from, originated from. Sometimes people use these phrases without even knowing what they mean.
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Post  Admin Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:27 am

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Post  Curtis Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:32 am

Admin wrote:EXAMPLES MISTER!!! Very Happy

Such as, When somebody asks you to 86 something...
I myself am unsure where this phrase comes from.
I was watching an episode of one of my favorite tv shows,
Blanche was eating at a restaurant and ordered a salad.
When she decided she did not want to eat the salad she said " 86 the watercress "
Watercress, is a type of leafy vegetable.
The number 86 sort of sounds like the word " axe "
So my best guess has been that 86 is to axe something, and to axe something is slang to cut, or to stop something (cancel).
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Post  ana luisa Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:38 pm

i did not understand your quest'... but t.a.t.u and tatoo are the option???
or do you reffer to embarased and embarazada??? Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes
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Post  Marco Giovanni Hernández Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:45 pm

As my partner Luisa; I don´t undersatnd this topic; can you tell us an example only for give us an idea of what do we have to put in this topic... Question Question Question
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Post  klaudia Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:26 pm

I dont understand what is this about
you can give us more examples so we can post here
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Post  Curtis Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:45 pm

OK, hmmm, this is difficult to explain. Very difficult.

Examples-

The 64 thousand dollar question.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Dressed to the nines.
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Post  Curtis Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:52 pm

Curtis wrote:OK, hmmm, this is difficult to explain. Very difficult.

Examples-

The 64 thousand dollar question.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Dressed to the nines.

Does anyone know what they mean?
My central point is that if somebody who speaks english might use one of these sayings or phrases and you might not have a clue about what they are talking about.
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Post  Admin Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:01 pm

Curtis wrote:
Curtis wrote:OK, hmmm, this is difficult to explain. Very difficult.

Examples-

The 64 thousand dollar question.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Dressed to the nines.

Does anyone know what they mean?
My central point is that if somebody who speaks english might use one of these sayings or phrases and you might not have a clue about what they are talking about.

I have always been puzzled about how these very different languages with so many clashing elements meet in some points, for example... we do say La pregunta de los 64 mil... and we also say A caballo regalado no se le ve el diente, however in Spanish there is no way you can say you are dressed to the nines nor the whole nine yards, it just doesn´t apply... the same way in English you say that it is raining cats and dogs and saying that in Spanish would sound so stupid because we say that Llueve a cantaros...

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Post  Marianisha Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:28 pm

**°MMM... I don´t understand but... it´s like when you say
"it's Chillywilly" when the weather is cold???
And I want to know what does "Dressed to the nines." mean
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Post  Curtis Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:18 am

Marianisha wrote:**°MMM... I don´t understand but... it´s like when you say
"it's Chillywilly" when the weather is cold???
And I want to know what does "Dressed to the nines." mean

Dressed to the nines, is like saying that somebody is dressed in nice clothes.
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Post  Curtis Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:25 am

Ok, I want to say it
Son of a bitch,
There is no real way to say it in spanish and that is just so strange to me.
There is no SON OF A BITCH !!!!
Being called a female dog is offensive, but again I think it is the way you say it is real insult.
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Post  Curtis Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:54 am

This phrase makes me laugh.
Do you have an equivalent of Three Sheets To The Wind in Spanish?
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Post  aldo gonzalez Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:49 am

'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'

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Post  luis21547 Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:56 am

Hot dog in Mexico is called the same
hot cake, chocolate and others

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