Aplícate el cuento

[ROBINDESBOIS]

In English?
Aplicarse el cuento, ejemplo:

- Deberías de fregar los platos que uses cada vez que comas algo.
- Ok. Aplicáte el cuento tu también ( meaning you should do the same )

[poli]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

In English?
Aplicarse el cuento, ejemplo:

- Deberías de fregar los platos que uses cada vez que comas algo.
- Ok. Aplicáte el cuento tu también ( meaning you should do the same )

Most commonly we would use "you should do the same", but there is
an idiom. That idiom is to follow suit.
It is formal sounding. example: I got the flu shot and I suggest that you follow suit.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

One verse of a nineties song of Genesis said "just do as I say, don't do as I do"... if it's not an idiom, it should become one.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

One verse of a nineties song of Genesis said "just do as I say, don't do as I do"... if it's not an idiom, it should become one.

Hay un dicho, " monkey see, monkey do". Supongo que me parece parecido

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

One verse of a nineties song of Genesis said "just do as I say, don't do as I do"... if it's not an idiom, it should become one.

"Do as I say, not as I do" is the idiom. 1,760,000 Google hits vs 6,000 for the Genesis lyric.

[ROBINDESBOIS]

I like you shoul follow suit the difference is that in Spanish" aplicate el cuento" implies a little bit of critics

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Thank you, pjt, Google's hits are a useful tool I always forget about.

Anyway, apart from idioms, it would be easy to reply "yes, when you do the same as you preach, we'll talk about it".

[pjt33]

The idiom for that is "Practise what you preach".

[ROBINDESBOIS]

That one is a good one, it conveys the same idea.