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Old April 21, 2017, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar View Post
What he is saying is that the guy doesn't work and spends his time at his mother's place.
Thank you.

I know the quote but it didn't spring to mind when I tried to translate it.

So he is using a modification of the Biblical saying to make a suggestion that the this fellow is not making a contribution to the household? Seems a little tenuous, but the catalanes in the story were wealthy and so there were some people doing well from them, perhaps that is the link.

The man is the writer's stepfather and is in the marital home, which the writer may feel belongs to his mother, so in a sense loafing.
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