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Old July 01, 2009, 10:36 AM
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If a person is sly as a fox, it means tienen trucos, mañoso, astuto

La hembra de fox en inglés es vixen.

Una mujer foxy es una mujer sexy

Vino foxy es un tinto que tiene un sabor peculiar.
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If a person is sly as a fox, it means tienen trucos, mañoso, astuto

La hembra de fox en inglés es vixen.

Una mujer foxy es una mujer sexy

Vino foxy es un tinto que tiene un sabor peculiar.
Así 'foxy' también es astuto.

Una mujer 'foxy' en español es una...

Para el vino no se usa esta palabra
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Old July 01, 2009, 12:20 PM
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Sí se usa.

No, no significa nada malo. Es un cumplido. Quiere decir que es muy guapo.
¡Genial! No volveré a creerle a mi maestra de inglés de la secundaria.
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También un hombre astuto es un zorro (una mujer astuta, no). El español es un lenguaje machista.
Los zorros ingleses, Foxes, (y las mujeres Vixen) son tambien astutos. Son Clever (positivo) y Cunning o Sly (Negativo). ¡No son normalmente espadachines!
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Me recuerda un dicho que dice.....

-La zorra nunca ve su cola
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Basicamente diciendo....
The kettle calling the pot black.

Just a cute saying....

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The kettle calling the pot black.

Just a cute saying....

What does this saying mean?
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Leí en una revista que esta frase originó con Cervantes. No conozco la cita exacta pero es algo así: estás tizneado dijo el pote al tetero.
Significa que el pote no dio cuenta que el tambien está tizneado.
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@Irma: si entiendo bien, es una forma humorística de "ver la paja en el ojo ajeno".
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