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My second cousin used to joke about people at his village who wanted to buy things that "seemed to be, but were not the actual thing"...
Me gustaría una tela que parezca y no sea... o sea, que dé el pego.
(I'd like a fabric that would seem [to be the real McCoy] but that it is not..., that is, one that fools you.)
Oxford gives
pego m (Esp fam): no es de oro pero da el pego = it could pass for gold, it isn’t gold but it fools most people;
¿qué? ¿doy el pego? =well, how do I look?, well, do I pass inspection?
And as the old maxim goes, "No es oro todo lo que reluce".
Parece "Adidas", pero es sólo una imitación muy buena.
Parece sincero, pero es un hipócrita de dos pares de narices...
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"An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you."
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