There's no exact match, short and applicable to most cases. We may say:
(Puedes .... ) pero al final la realidad te alcanza / la realidad se impone / te enfrentas con la realidad.
Without being fixed expressions, there's a lot of creative ways to say that:
Al final la realidad te noquea/te da un sopapo/te arroja un balde de agua.
but it all depends on the nuance and context of the English version.
__________________
[gone]
Last edited by aleCcowaN; June 28, 2012 at 11:52 AM.
|