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Old July 15, 2010, 08:38 AM
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Sí, yo solía meter la ptilde con "fue"... pero ya me reformé.
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Por cierto... otras expresiones coloquiales en México para alguien que se "sobreactúa", son "bájale" o "que sea menos". Y se les puede usar juntas: "bájale, que sea menos".
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Ah, muy bien. ¿Tienes experiencia dirigiendo actores o locutores?
En España se usaría también "te estás pasando" o "no te pases de rosca".
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Ja-ja... no, pero tengo experiencia tratando con personalidades "histriónicas".

"Pasarse de rosca" en México se dice "pasarse de lanza".

También se usa "te estás pasando", aunque se dice más "te pasas".
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Menos lobos caperucita

Ah, ya veo...
¿Lo de lanza viene de la acepción del DRAE, 7. com. Méx. Persona que no es digna de confianza... o es cosa aparte?

Las "te estás pasando" y "te pasas" también se usan en España. A mi hermana creo que le he oído alguna vez "te has pasao, Melenao" (lo he buscado en Google, pero debe ser poca gente la que usa ese 'cliché') También creo haber oído, "te has pasao, con el carrito del helao", pero esa expresión es común en otro sentido, "te han pillado con el carrito del helado", un poco parecido a "con las manos en la masa"... pero ahí nos salimos del tema de los lobos, de Caperucita y esas cosas...
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