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Conocer el percal
Know the truth?
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This is what RAE has for percal.
conocer alguien el ~. 1. loc. verb. coloq. Estar bien enterado de un asunto o conocer bien a alguien. EDIT: En Chile decirmos "Te conozco, mosco" Last edited by chileno; August 18, 2010 at 03:26 PM. |
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And Moliner gives this,
Conocer el percal (generalmente con referencia a aspectos negativos). Saber bien cómo es alguien o algo. El poli (policía) ya se conoce el percal, y no se va a tragar una mentira... percal m percale; conocer el percal (fam) to know the score (colloq), to know the people (o situation etc) one is dealing with
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you." Last edited by JPablo; August 18, 2010 at 01:40 PM. Reason: Adding Oxford Superlex translation. |
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Hi poli
If you look in the RAE RAE Quote:
So one who knows "the cheap cloth" (uno que conoce el percal) is someone able to discern wich cloth is valuable or cheap. It's a person who knows the market/affair/people so you can not fool him easily: So RAE Quote:
-a person who can smell rotten fish -a person who can see thetrue value of a jewel and so on... saludos
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Thanks everyone -
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Me ayuda si corrige mis errores. Gracias. Last edited by poli; August 18, 2010 at 08:37 PM. |
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You're welcome, Poli...
Good data about rats and diamonds! (Is not Hamlet the one who said "My kingdom for a rat..."? Oops! No, hold my horses... that was the crippled Richard III... and it was a not a rat, it was a horse..)
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