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Old October 06, 2022, 05:17 AM
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La única cuerda
What does this mean?

¿ …. o era la única cuerda?

Could it be figuratively limited to a single musical note.
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Old October 06, 2022, 09:27 AM
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What does this mean?

¿ …. o era la única cuerda?

Could it be figuratively limited to a single musical note.
…. or was it the only string? Literal translation.
Context is needed.
It could be a way of saying or something else.
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The only sane one?
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Old October 07, 2022, 07:46 AM
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The only sane one


Would fit in context


Something like
Are you crazy or am I the only sane one


I can’t see how to get there from
Was it the only string
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It works that way in English too. Consider, the only nut
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I can’t see how to get there from
Was it the only string

Because the adjective "cuerdo(a)" comes from the noun "cordura" (sanity), which is derived from Latin "cordis" (heart), not "chorda" (string).
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"She's the only person who isn't nuts around here", something like this.

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