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No dar pie con bolo

ROBINDESBOIS

July 02, 2009 09:40 AM

No dar pie con bolo

Este dicho significa no acertar una. En inglés sabe alguien el equivalente?

poli	July 02, 2009 09:51 AM

to botch up
to screw up(slightly vulgar)
to miss the mark (this last one means to misunderstand a concept/ or use bad judgement, but somehow I suspect that this term may fit as well)

ROBINDESBOIS

July 02, 2009 09:58 AM

Can you set an example for the 3 of them?
For example, cuando le pregunto no da pie con bolo.

poli	July 02, 2009 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poli (Post 40826)

to botch up
to screw up(slightly vulgar)
to miss the mark (this last one means to misunderstand a concept/ or use bad judgement, but somehow I suspect that this term may fit as well)

He really botched up/screwed up the plumbing. Now, we get cold water when we want hot and hot water when we want cold.

You really missed the mark if you thought Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

ROBINDESBOIS

July 03, 2009 01:25 AM

OK thanks. NO dar pie con bolo en el contexto de la clase para significar, que no aciertan ninguna respuestas, como sería: Hit the target or something like that?

poli	July 03, 2009 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS (Post 40920)

OK thanks. NO dar pie con bolo en el contexto de la clase para significar, que no aciertan ninguna respuestas, como sería: Hit the target or something like that?

Si, missed the target, missed the mark y miss the point parecen igual a
no dio pie con bolo.

Tendré que recordar este dicho.

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