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#1
November 06, 2009, 12:28 PM
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Aquí, el que no corre vuela
It means that when there is an offer at the supermarket for example, everybody goes like crazy, everybody takes the opportunity, it´s used in multiple contexts.
In English? 
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#2
November 06, 2009, 05:17 PM
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Maybe "feeding frenzy" would work.
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#3
November 07, 2009, 08:52 PM
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Hmmmmm not sure perhaps in broader terms, 'Go with the flow' ?
 'Get in or lose out'? 'If you snooze, you lose'? 
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#4
November 07, 2009, 09:30 PM
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I think a free-for-all would fit. This saying is principally associated with a brawl (fight) and means that there are no rules. But the saying is also used to describe the same kind of frenzy - everybody running (smashing and grabbing) to get the best product for the lowest price.
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#5
November 07, 2009, 09:39 PM
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Quote:
 I have a very vivid image of this now..  Next time I come to Spain/México/países latinoamericanos finding myself in "lawless" territory such as a sale, I will attack shouting: 'Aquí , él que no corre vuela.. (and by the way: you snooze, you lose sucker!!) Anything goes/ all systems go..
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November 08, 2009, 02:42 AM
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It is also used in other context for example, the goverment is giving some help, and most people have already got it, or for example some immigrants that know every rule to make the most of it, to benefit from everything, el que no corre vuela.
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