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Old August 04, 2009, 04:52 AM
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Es decir, te queda poco tiempo para decir que no te queda mucho tiempo. O no te queda mucho tiempo para decir que te queda poco tiempo (en fin, me gusta liarla )
Sí verdad.. de hecho me falta el tiempo para aprender como decir que me queda poco tiempo para saber como decir que no me queda mucho tiempo..

Es un ' catch 22' ('Una situación sin salida' me dice mi diccionario no suena tan 'catchy' ..)
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Sí verdad.. de hecho me falta el tiempo para aprender como decir que me queda poco tiempo para saber como decir que no me queda mucho tiempo..

Es un ' catch 22' ('Una situación sin salida' me dice mi diccionario no suena tan 'catchy' ..)
Se puede comparar a un callejón sin salida . O mejor, un bucle, en informática
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Se puede comparar a un callejón sin salida . O mejor, un bucle, en informática


Which can throw you for a loop when you don't expect it..

(An ' Endless Loop' even )
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Which can throw you for a loop when you don't expect it..

(An ' Endless Loop' even )
Was that a joke? Sabía que érais muy malos los holandeses contando chistes .
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Was that a joke? Sabía que érais muy malos los holandeses contando chistes .
¡¡Qué nooo!! Endless loops are not funny..!!! at all..

Hehe...Bueno si nos holandeses somos así, mejor que estoy a la altura de lo que se espera de mi/nosotros, ¿no?
(I'd better live up to these expecations then.. )

I wouldn' t want to let you down..
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Which can throw you for a loop when you don't expect it..

(An ' Endless Loop' even )
I thought it was a joke (my English is not good at yours ). Let me tell you what I understood in Spanish:

¿Qué es lo que te puede meter en un bucle cuando no te lo esperas?
Un bucle sin fin.

(extraño chiste...)

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I thought it was a joke (my English is not good at yours ). Let me tell you what I understood in Spanish:

¿Qué es lo que te puede meter en un bucle cuando no te lo esperas?
Un bucle sin fin.

(extraño chiste...)

Ah! Sorry! I thought you knew the espression. ' To throw someone for a loop' means as much as to take someone by surprise (usually in a negative way), to confuse, shock or to upset someone.

knock/throw for a loop Slang To surprise tremendously; astonish.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/throw+for+a+loop


The 'endless (or infinite) loop' is a term from IT , computer programmation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_loop

I made a 'play on words' (well tried to..) with 'bucle' in Spanish

Sorry about the confusion!
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i remember a professor (cuban) saying "estoy en clenque" for "i'm broke".

he explained that it meant he was 'reduced' to driving a 'clunker', which
is a car in poor condition.

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I have also heard a Cockney (Londoner) say "Boracic"

This is an example of rhyming slang:
boracic lint = skint
Rosie Lee = cup of tea
apples and pears = stairs
trouble and strife = wife
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Ah! Sorry! I thought you knew the espression. ' To throw someone for a loop' means as much as to take someone by surprise (usually in a negative way), to confuse, shock or to upset someone.

knock/throw for a loop Slang To surprise tremendously; astonish.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/throw+for+a+loop


The 'endless (or infinite) loop' is a term from IT , computer programmation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_loop

I made a 'play on words' (well tried to..) with 'bucle' in Spanish

Sorry about the confusion!
I knew the endless loop, but I didn't know to throw for a loop. Now I know, thanks
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I knew the endless loop, but I didn't know to throw for a loop. Now I know, thanks
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