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#1
November 23, 2010, 06:56 AM
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Me juego el cuello a que...
translates: I'd bet my neck on it that...
Is this as common as it is in English?
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#2
November 23, 2010, 07:11 AM
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As a subjective opinion based on my experience, I'd say it's not as common as in American English, but it probably depends a lot on the speaker and where they're from.
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November 23, 2010, 08:30 AM
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Of course I've heard I'd be my life
also: my ass (vulgarly) : my eye teeth similarly: you bet (meaning yes mostly in the Midwest United States) you bet your boots.
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November 23, 2010, 04:10 PM
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"Me juego el cuello" doesn't sound uncommon in Spanish to me. Probably is getting a bit dated, but I believe any Spanish speaker will get it.
Oxford bilingual gives, me juego el cuello a que no lo hace = I bet you anything you like he doesn’t do it / you can bet your life he won’t do it. With "neck" in English I heard, (again Oxford) to risk one’s neck = jugarse/arriesgar el pellejo; to stick one’s neck out = aventurarse, arriesgarse.
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November 24, 2010, 02:06 AM
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common for me. usuall in sports or tv, where "changing heads" is more usuall...
 -El entrenador se jugó el cuello al sacar del campo a Cristiano Roanaldo... -La cadena se jugó el cuello al programar la nueva serie... saludos
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#7
November 25, 2010, 02:52 AM
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In Spain we bet the neck instead of the life.
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November 25, 2010, 05:10 AM
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agree with robin
"se jugó la vida"/"bet the life" is spanish only in his literal meaning: -"El bombero se jugó la vida para rescatar a la niña del incendio" but not as idiom -"El directivo se jugó la vida apostando por la recuperación de la empresa" This sentence means the manager was sick and continued working.... saludos
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