Ask a Question(Create a thread) |
|
No es mi cuerdaAn idiom is an expression whose meaning is not readily apparent based on the individual words in the expression. This forum is dedicated to discussing idioms and other sayings. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
||||
|
||||
No es mi cuerda
It means, a least I think it means, it's not my style. Do you think this is a
common term?
__________________
Me ayuda si corrige mis errores. Gracias. |
Get rid of these ads by registering for a free Tomísimo account.
|
#2
|
||||
|
||||
I found evidence of its use on the Internet and it appears to mean what you thought - it's not my thing/type/style.
|
#3
|
||||
|
||||
I've personally never heard it, but like Rusty, found it in use on the net.
__________________
If you find something wrong with my Spanish, please correct it! |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
I've never heard it before... I'd like to know in which country it is used...
__________________
♪ ♫ ♪ Ain't it wonderful to be alive when the Rock'n'Roll plays... ♪ ♫ ♪ |
#5
|
||||
|
||||
"esa persona es de mi cuerda" or "no es de mi cuerda" means that person does (or does not) think like me, in a pollitical, religious, style, etc context.
Invention:Thought like two cords of alpinist, the red austrian team and the blue british team. The people of the same "cord" are supposed to be alike/similar, not necessary exactly the same. Example: A: A quién piensas que votará C ? Obama ó McCain? B: Creo que a McCain. Es de la cuerda de Palin. So B thinks that C would vote McCain because C "thinks" or "looks like" a Palin supporter. Web examples: first google for "no es de mi cuerda" "El arte cerebral elaborado en frío, en base de técnicas rígidas y fórmulas hechas, no es de mi cuerda." "The cold, brainy art, with formal technics and rules, it's not my cord" He places himself as a creative, chaotic person (in the other cord) other "CREO QUE JULIO ANGUITA QUE POR CIERTO NO ES DE MI CUERDA" "I think that Julio Anguita, who is not in my cord...." He is taking about a politician (communist, to simplify) saying first that he doesn't identify with him. It's often so done in order to apear more neutral. Saludos
__________________
History, contrary to popular theories, "is" kings and dates and battles. Small Gods Terry Pratchett |
#6
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
Is your avatar an artist's palate?
__________________
Me ayuda si corrige mis errores. Gracias. |
#7
|
||||
|
||||
@Sosia: Thank you for the examples. It's not a common expression around here, but it's pretty clear by now.
@Poli: sorry to have revealed myself so regionalist. My avatar comes from an eighties pop album cover.
__________________
♪ ♫ ♪ Ain't it wonderful to be alive when the Rock'n'Roll plays... ♪ ♫ ♪ |
Link to this thread | |
|
|