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poli August 13, 2008 12:46 PM

He can dish it out but he can't take it.
 
Does anyone here know how to translate this term to Spanish?

CrOtALiTo August 13, 2008 01:22 PM

I'm not sure, but I believe what is so it.

El puede callarlo haya, pero no puede tomarlo.

I believe what I'm bad, but only I help you.

poli August 13, 2008 01:52 PM

Crotalito,
Gracias. A mi me parece correcto.:)

sosia August 13, 2008 02:36 PM

El puede dar/pegar/golpear pero no recibir (golpes)?
I don't fully unbderstand the saying :confused:

poli August 13, 2008 03:08 PM

Lo que esbribiste me muestra que entiendes la esencia del dicho.
En inglés decimos dish the dirt que significa puede hablar mal a alguien.
Entonces alguien que puede dish it but can't take it.
es alguien que habla duro pero le da rabia cuando otra persona le habla duro a el/ella..

sosia August 14, 2008 06:25 AM

the nearest I can think of it's
"Él puede driticar pero no ser criticado" or
"Él puede criticar pero no recibir críticas"
but I don't know if it's a proper idiom.
saludos :D

Elaina August 21, 2008 11:24 PM

Lo puede escupir pero no lo puede tragar.....

Sounds rough, doesn't it?

sosia August 21, 2008 11:39 PM

Sound veery rough....... :(

Elaina August 21, 2008 11:45 PM

Yeah.......I like the other options posted better than this one. :yuck::yuck:

María José August 25, 2008 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elaina (Post 14479)
Lo puede escupir pero no lo puede tragar.....

Sounds rough, doesn't it?

Rough?... You innocent :angel:.
My grandfather, who fought in the Spanish war, was a self-made man with no formal studies, a really good cabinet-maker, very intelligent (if I may say so myself :D), who learnt French without any previous knowledge while in a concentration camp, read widely... AND WAS THE BEST GRAMPS EVER, if a bit too temperamental, used to say when he was young, never in front of us kids, I learnt this from my Mum)
Todos tenemos pelitos en el c*** y no nos los vemos.:hmm:


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