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Ande o no ande demelo grande


ROBINDESBOIS July 03, 2009 01:29 PM

Ande o no ande demelo grande
 
When the important thing is the size we say ande o no ande demelo grande, is there an idiom in English too?

Tomisimo July 03, 2009 05:04 PM

Hmmm, como ¿en qué contexto se diría eso?

CrOtALiTo July 03, 2009 05:38 PM

Also it's a risk in my country.


I will tell you as this can be a risk and why.

Ande o no ande demelo grande This is the probably answer for your question. (Pues tomala toda que grande la tengo)


Please you don't ask me What does it mean? Because it's a little shameful and shamefaced too.

Tomisimo July 03, 2009 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo (Post 41009)
Also it's a risk in my country.


I will tell you as this can be a risk and why.

Ande o no ande demelo grande This is the probably answer for your question. (Pues tomala toda que grande la tengo)


Please you don't ask me What does it mean? Because it's a little shameful and shamefaced too.

¿Qué?

ROBINDESBOIS July 03, 2009 07:36 PM

ande o no ande caballo grande
 
Bueno en realidad el dicho es ande o no ande caballo grande ; y se usa en todos contextos, por ejemplo si un jarrón cuesta dos euros y es pequeño y otro el doble cuesta tb dos , elijes el grande.

Rusty July 03, 2009 07:50 PM

I believe what you're looking for is:
Bigger is not always better.

Another possible saying is:
All that glitters is not gold.

CrOtALiTo July 03, 2009 08:21 PM

David. You time before said that you lived in Mexico.

Do you never heard it before?

Tomisimo July 03, 2009 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 41024)
I believe what you're looking for is:
Bigger is not always better.

Another possible saying is:
All that glitters is not gold.

I think you're on the right track, but unless I'm not understanding right, I think it's the opposite, something along the lines of If it's bigger, then it must be better.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo (Post 41029)
David. You time before said that you lived in Mexico.

Do you never heard it before?

Yes, I have lived in Mexico. I only asked because I did not understand you. :(

CrOtALiTo July 03, 2009 11:55 PM

I promise you, I will tell you what does it mean? Tomorrow.

sosia July 07, 2009 05:45 AM

I do not understand the idiom so. For mi "ande o no ande, caballo grande", it's an idiom used for a show-off.
If a person with no money wins a prize, the first thing he do is to go to a car dealer an buy a BIG car. Not the best one, not the best designed, but the BIGGER. So if you see someone who buys something not because the quality but because its big or useful for showing-off, then you can say "ande o no ande, caballo grande" (it can walk or not, but the horse must be BIG)

Saludos :D
PD: another example, rappers with BIG gold-necklaces. You can buy something precious in Tiffanys for that prices, but it must be BIG.

poli July 07, 2009 06:51 AM

The English translation is: Size matters.

sosia July 08, 2009 04:11 AM

yes, poli, I think so :D:D


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