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Old August 11, 2009, 05:55 AM
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Don't press your luck
Quisiera saber cómo se dice este dicho en español.(¿empujando la suerte?)
Es cuando pide un favor de una person y recibe lo que pide y después le pide otro favor.
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Después de ganar un mini-botín en una tragamoneda sigue apostando.

En los dos casos you're pressing your luck .
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I say ' Don't push your luck'. In Spanish it would be something like 'No tientes a la suerte'
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I agree with María José. The Spanish equivalent expression would be "No tentar a la suerte" (or it could change sides).
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Don´t you say " don´t tempt fate " in English?
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Don´t you say " don´t tempt fate " in English?
Sí los significados son muy similares, pero con una persona no se usa
"tempt fate". Example: I don't want to ask him for another favor. He's
helped me in the past, but I don't want to press my luck with him.

Los significados son iguales en la siguiente frase: The bank robber
is pressing his luck/ tempting fate robbing the same bank twice
in the past month.
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