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Places all over hell and creation
The idea I get is in places anywhere and everywhere... but with an hyperbolic exaggerated sense...
I would translate it like, "lugares por todo lo habido y por haber" "todos los lugares posibles" Probably there is an Spanish idiomatic way to say it, like "por el cielo, el infierno y el purgatorio incluidos"... but not quite sure if there is a nice concise Spanish cliché that would match the nice register of this English way of expression... Any ideas always welcome!
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Where on Earth* did you come across this phrase? It's not an idiom I recognise.
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Seriously, pjt? It's a phrase I've heard & used many times, myself. Maybe it's a Yankee thing...
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I've never heard it either. Perhaps it's a Creationist thing.
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Surely any Creationist would tell you that Hell is part of Creation, for all that it isn't listed in Genesis 1?
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opciones (inventadas)
"todos los mundos conocidos y por conocer" "desde el cielo al infierno" y por supuesto "Hasta el infinito y más allá"
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Good point, but anyone capable of being a Creationist will not have logical consistency as a high priority.
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Some Latin Americans I know use: hice un champú del territorio.
THough not nearly a hyperbolic as the hell -and -creation term it does indicate a careful an methodic search for something. It usually involves shopping. Hice un champú de la calle 14 buscando el regalo perfecto. I think this is used in Spain.
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Me ayuda si corrige mis errores. Gracias. Last edited by poli; December 27, 2010 at 09:45 AM. |
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Hey, thank you all!
I must particularly thank Sosia, as he is the one who gives me the options that best fit my contest... I mean, my context! I take this is an American "creationist", "generativist" kind of thing... given that it sounds "alien" to you British people... but I take it must be used all over Hell, Heaven, Creation and half of the next dimension... (the 5th or the 6th dimension...) (Just kidding, here, I am still trying to figure out all the details of the film "Inception"... so pay no attention to my "excursions...") At any rate, thank you again... and happy holiday season!
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you." Last edited by JPablo; December 27, 2010 at 09:19 PM. |
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