Comulgar con ruedas de molino

[ROBINDESBOIS]

This nice saying was used a lot by my Mum, it means that sometimes you have to put up with things, and do things that you don´t agree with, or don´t want to do, but you do them in order to keep peace and harmony in your marriage or at work.
ENGLISH?

[irmamar]

I've always heard it with a negative sense. For instance when somebody wants you to believe in something:

Ahora dicen que no oiremos ruidos con la autopista que pasará al lado del pueblo. ¿Es que quieren hacernos comulgar con ruedas de molino?

[poli]

In English: sometime you have to go with the flow.
or
put up with it.

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Thaks POLI

[EmpanadaRica]

In English: sometime you have to go with the flow.
or
put up with it.

Hey Poli,

Funny I just thought of this in another topic regarding another saying.. :D
We often seem to be thinking in similar directions. :p

I was wondering: in Dutch (and I think in English as well) we often use expressions with 'mill' to express something is exceedingly slow, tedious or very repetetive/'boxstandard'.


e.g. 'Run-of-the-mill', 'papermill' ('papiermolen') etc.
http://www.answers.com/topic/run-of-the-mill

I was wondering if this is the same in Spanish also? :)

[ROBINDESBOIS]

No idea.

[Perikles]

I was wondering: in Dutch (and I think in English as well) we often use expressions with 'mill' to express something is exceedingly slow, tedious or very repetetive/'boxstandard'.True, but probably much more common in Holland, because you have so many windmills. :D:D

[EmpanadaRica]

True, but probably much more common in Holland, because you have so many windmills. :D:D

A very good point... :D:D