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Old September 25, 2009, 11:10 AM
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Echar or ser como un jarrón de agua fría
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Cuando fui con ella al cine, y lo mucho que me gustó la película, fue como recibir un jarro de agua fría cuando me dijo que el film era un bodrio, y que se aburrió inmensamente
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in english you sometimes hear "it was like getting doused with a bucket
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right poli - as p.g. wodehouse would say, "the scales fell from his eyes.".

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