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Old September 23, 2009, 12:45 AM
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How do you say "dejar en la estacada" in English? It means to leave sb in the lurch.
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I think you answered the question yourself.
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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies."
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I know, isn´t that funny?
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I've always heard (and used) in a lurch. According to Internet usage, in the lurch is more popular. I don't recall ever hearing it, however.
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Always heard in the lurch myself. Regional variations, I guess.
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i know, isn´t that funny?
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