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July 01, 2010, 04:34 PM
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Felices de la vida
How can we translate this:
Mis primos son felices de la vida cuando les llevo gominolas. 
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July 02, 2010, 04:54 AM
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As happy as a clam... [at a high tide]
As happy as a clown As happy as a lark As happy as Larry As happy as a rat with a gold tooth Yes, I guess "anything" goes, right?
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July 02, 2010, 05:12 AM
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 ), but the problem is that they all sound wrong to me in the plural. You can't say 'my cousins are as happy a clown' and it sounds even worse with 'my cousins are as happy as clowns'.
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July 02, 2010, 05:39 AM
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Oh, I see. Good point. I guess you could say,
"as happy as anyone can be" "as happy as puppies" "as happy as they can be with life" And I guess you could still go with the plural version of "clams", "as happy as clams", right?
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you."
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