Caer al vacío

ROBINDESBOIS · #1 November 01, 2009, 05:43 AM

vacío means void, caer al vacío could be to fall into the void????

Perikles · #2 November 01, 2009, 06:29 AM

It means shouting into a vacuum, i.e not heard.

In English, to fall on deaf ears.

ROBINDESBOIS · #3 November 01, 2009, 04:27 PM

No, I meant when sb falls from a cliff and there is no ending.

pjt33 · #4 November 01, 2009, 05:23 PM

To fall into a bottomless pit? To fall into the abyss?

**Rusty** · #5 November 01, 2009, 06:09 PM

Falling into a bottomless pit, an abyss, or a black hole is a metaphoric way to describe something that is lost and can't be found/retrieved.

Caer al vacío is translated to fall to one's death.

pjt33 · #6 November 02, 2009, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty

Falling into a bottomless pit, an abyss, or a black hole is a metaphoric way to describe something that is lost and can't be found/retrieved.

Also to describe depression.

ROBINDESBOIS · #7 November 02, 2009, 05:03 AM

OK Chaps, thanks.

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