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No dar pie con bolo
Este dicho significa no acertar una. En inglés sabe alguien el equivalente?
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to botch up
to screw up(slightly vulgar) to miss the mark (this last one means to misunderstand a concept/ or use bad judgement, but somehow I suspect that this term may fit as well)
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Can you set an example for the 3 of them?
For example, cuando le pregunto no da pie con bolo. |
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Quote:
You really missed the mark if you thought Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
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OK thanks. NO dar pie con bolo en el contexto de la clase para significar, que no aciertan ninguna respuestas, como sería: Hit the target or something like that?
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no dio pie con bolo. Tendré que recordar este dicho.
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