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Old July 08, 2011, 04:45 PM
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My air is getting thin

Hello friends.

Entiendo "thin" como "delgado" o "fluido" , pero no entiendo la relación con el aire.

¿ Hay algun otro significado ? ¿ o es un dicho ?

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Old July 08, 2011, 06:30 PM
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'Out of thin air' y 'into thin air' son los dos dichos que me llegan a la mente a bote pronto.

As you climb in altitude, the air is described as getting thinner. This is because there are fewer molecules in the air mixture. In this case, thinner means less dense. Breathing thin air for a prolonged period can cause altitude sickness. One of the signs of altitude sickness is euphoria.

I don't think "one's air (is) getting thin" is a dicho. Perhaps it's just a reference to the feelings of euphoria that you can get when you've climbed too high.
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Old July 08, 2011, 06:56 PM
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... o por ansiedad o excitación nerviosa -"como que te faltara el aire"-, como en la canción Sweating Bullets, que es el contexto que se nos ha negado ...
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Old July 11, 2011, 04:20 PM
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... o por ansiedad o excitación nerviosa -"como que te faltara el aire"-, como en la canción Sweating Bullets, que es el contexto que se nos ha negado ...
Bueno... digamos omitido , aqui al menos negar se dice más en casos como negar el agua , o negar el auxilio.

Si , efectivamente es de la canción " Sweating Bullets" , de hecho voy a poner un enlace o algo , para el que sienta curiosidad .

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Old July 11, 2011, 09:28 PM
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Thanks for the link to the song. This clip ends shortly after the line "my air is getting thin". In this case, I think that "air getting thin" is a metaphor. The literal meaning here is that he has only a small amount of air to breath, and there's no fresh supply of oxygen to replace what he uses by breathing.
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Old July 12, 2011, 06:27 PM
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So it can be understood as " it is difficult for me to breathe " ??

" Me cuesta respirar " ??
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Yes, it may mean this. I sounds like a term
mountain climbers use.
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