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Quedarse para vestir santosUn modismo es cualquier frase cuya significado no es fácil de entender basándose en sus palabras individuales. Este foro es el lugar para cualquier pregunta sobre modismos o cualquier otro dicho. |
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August 08, 2009, 03:52 AM
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Se quedó para vestir santos
significa que no se casó, implica que no encontró a nadie para casarse, bien sea por su físico o su caracter. IN ENGLISH?
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August 08, 2009, 07:23 AM
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I don't think there is an equivalent expression. Remain single would be a good, if less colourful, translation.
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August 08, 2009, 10:56 AM
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Old maid is what comes to mind....
Usually.... -solterona = old maid Both..... - se quedó pa' vestir santos
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August 08, 2009, 11:04 AM
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Old maid makes me think of Jane Austen novels. In the 18th and 19th centuries you were an old maid and had lost your bloom at twenty something...
 I'm 44 and still in my prime. 
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January 28, 2011, 12:29 PM
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Quedarse para vestir santos
Significa ser un solterón , una solterona.
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January 28, 2011, 03:13 PM
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@Robin: Realizar una búsqueda en el foro y en la sección de frases idiomáticas no hace daño.
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