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Old May 28, 2012, 07:05 AM
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Lo peor de lo peor
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Madrid es lo peor de lo peor.
Context. The way they treat teachers.
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Madrid is the worst of the worst.
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That´s what I thought but who supposed it was so similar. It´s a calc. You copy us guys!
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That´s what I thought but who supposed it was so similar. It´s a calc. You copy us guys!
Hey - how dare you.

I can quote from Charles Dickens, saying "the lowest of the low". (1850?) What's your earlier Spanish source then?
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Well, there are several examples...

ella compraba lo peor de lo peor y los borrachos lo comían y bebían sin saber lo que tragaban, y los jugadores sin mirarlo siquiera, fija el alma en los naipes.

AÑO: 1884 - 1885 AUTOR: Clarín (Leopoldo Alas) TÍTULO: La Regenta
(By the by, La Regenta is a very good read, in my book.)

(CORDE gives also an example from 1758, by José Francisco de Isla.)
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Well, there are several examples...

ella compraba lo peor de lo peor y los borrachos lo comían y bebían sin saber lo que tragaban, y los jugadores sin mirarlo siquiera, fija el alma en los naipes.

AÑO: 1884 - 1885 AUTOR: Clarín (Leopoldo Alas) TÍTULO: La Regenta
(By the by, La Regenta is a very good read, in my book.)

(CORDE gives also an example from 1758, by José Francisco de Isla.)

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hahhahahaha, how funny !
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Ah, y también existe “lo mejor de lo mejor”... Aquí hay otro ejemplo de CORDE, de Don Benito:
Sus corresponsales de la Habana le mandaban para su uso lo mejor de lo mejor, en recompensa de aquella gracia y arte mágico con que se las componía con la Administración para hacer fumar al país lo peor de lo peor.

AÑO: 1878
AUTOR: Pérez Galdós, Benito
TÍTULO: La familia de León Roch
PAÍS: ESPAÑA
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The best of the best. I guess.
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