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No ser trigo limpioAn idiom is an expression whose meaning is not readily apparent based on the individual words in the expression. This forum is dedicated to discussing idioms and other sayings. |
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No ser trigo limpio
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If you say that somebody no es trigo limpio you mean there is something fishy about them, you think they are not honest.
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Hmm well.. Depending on how strong this feeling is.. maybe:
- ' There' s something fishy about him' (seems like a good one to me ) - There' s something not quite right about him - There' s something off about him - He' s a charlatan More towards an uneasy feeling: - He gives me the creeps (when someone gives you a nasty or uneasy feeling) or ' He creeps me out' - He makes my skin crawl (similar to creeps) http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/make+skin+crawl Perhaps the native English speakers can come up with better ones though.
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Great answers. I don't think a native speaker could answer more natively!
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hi empanada rica - that's a nice summary of terms, not much to add.
there's one comes to mind that doesn't allude to character so much as personality: "he's an odd duck.", meaning eccentric or peculiar in his ways. hermit |
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I use "rubs me wrong"
Example: There's something about him that rubs me wrong.
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Or "I have a bad feeling about him".
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Thank you guys.
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