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Old December 10, 2009, 04:17 AM
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when sb is threatening us, or has a bad temper, to calm him/her down we say menos lobos caperucita. (ENGLISH?)
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Old December 10, 2009, 05:54 AM
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At least you are not the Big Bad Wolf (from Little Red Ridinghood)

Where on earth do you get these things?
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Well, this saying was very popular in the 80s and 90s. ANd I still use it.
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I've seen where this phrase was used to mean "Don't brag so much."
(No presumas tanto / no alardees tanto.)
Is this correct?
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Iba a preguntar sobre esto, y vi que ya se había tratado. Incluyo lo que he encontrado, que creo que puede aportar otra perspectiva adicional a lo ya dicho.

“Menos lobos, Caperucita”, reza el dicho. Viene a ser la frase, como indicar a un personaje (bien sea célebre o no) la actitud que muestra ante sus acciones, dándose auto bombo y haciéndose de rogar.
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Mexican variation: "pónle menos crema a tus tacos".
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Mexican variation: "ponle menos crema a tus tacos".
Ah, sí, lo había oído. Pero sin tilde, ¿no?

(Mi madre decía: "Este se las quiere dar de tocino magro", así, "no te las des de tocino magro" sería otra variación.)
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Gracias... a veces me ganan los arcaísmos de tipo "pié" y "pón".
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