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Funny Sayings ...
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yanogator
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Holly �s "wet kipper" reminded me of a piece of advice I read once:
Eat a live frog every morning, and nothing worse than that will happen to you the rest of the day.
Bruce |
13 Dec 2010
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Zora
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Oh! Just remembered another one! In my house, when someone forgets to close the door and lets the cold in, we always say, "were you born in a barn!?" (and since it�s my dad who is usually the recipient of this AND who was actually born in a Spanish country house which often has the barn under it... - likes to answer: "No, but I was born over one!" LOL )
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13 Dec 2010
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aliciapc
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LOL Linda , here it �s " do you live in a tent? " |
13 Dec 2010
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Anna P
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In Portuguese we say "Dou um boi para n�o entrar numa briga e uma boiada para n�o sair dela". Let me see if I can translate it. "I �ll give an ox to avoid getting in a fight but a whole herd to stay in it" meaning that we try to avoid figths but, once we �re involved in one we fight until the end. |
13 Dec 2010
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Stellam
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Lovely thread!
I �ve got a good one but will need Alicia and Zora �s help to translate it into English. Here it goes: "No se confundan! Hocico de chancho  no es enchufe!" |
13 Dec 2010
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Anna P
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And my mother used to say, "Leave a bathroom the way you would if you had committed a crime". This is so ingrained in me that I find myself drying sinks and cleaning faucets in public bathrooms! |
13 Dec 2010
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MoodyMoody
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I �m not a Spanish speaker, but my guess in English is "Don �t confuse me with the facts! I KNOW I �m right!" |
13 Dec 2010
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Anna P
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Stella, We use this one in Portuguese too! "Fo�inho de porco n�o � tomada!" |
13 Dec 2010
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Nicola5052
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When things are not that great they are "still better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!" |
13 Dec 2010
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Yolandaprieto
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I am enjoying a lot with the thread, thanks Zora. I like "A closed moth catches no flies" but it is very common in all languages I know
Yolanda |
13 Dec 2010
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