UNA cosa no quita la otra

ROBINDESBOIS

July 24, 2009 10:46 AM

UNA cosa no quita la otra

IN English , please?

One thing doesn´t cancel the other ????

This means that you can do both things, the fact that you do one, doesn´t prevent you from doing the other thing too.

brute

July 24, 2009 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS (Post 43088)

This means that you can do both things, the fact that you do one, doesn´t prevent you from doing the other thing too.

You can have your cake and eat it :hmm:

ROBINDESBOIS

July 24, 2009 05:52 PM

I thought it was you can´t have the cake and eat it.

Tomisimo

July 24, 2009 07:20 PM

UNA cosa no quita la otra.

Doing X doesn't prevent you from doing Y. (replace X and Y with the things you're talking about.)

Rusty

July 26, 2009 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brute (Post 43106)

You can have your cake and eat it :hmm:

Often said with ",too" at the end.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS (Post 43112)

I thought it was you can´t have the cake and eat it.

We use both phrases.

Another translation option:
(Doing) one thing doesn't rule out (doing) another.

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