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De donde hay siempre se puede sacar


ROBINDESBOIS May 26, 2010 05:20 PM

De donde hay siempre se puede sacar
 
English?

JPablo May 27, 2010 02:46 AM

I've heard/seen the opposite, "de donde no hay, no se puede sacar" which in English could be "You can't get blood from a stone". "You can't squeeze blood from a turnip."
In Spanish you could go with something like "donde comen 3 comen 4" or something like that, "donde come uno, comen todos" which in English would be something like, there’s always room for one more at the table. :hmm: Not quite the same, but somewhat gives the idea. (Let's see if our English friends [native speakers] have something more precise.)

ROBINDESBOIS May 27, 2010 03:44 AM

Perfect, thank you Pablo.

Esperar May 28, 2010 03:24 AM

My Spanish is still bad, but I'm translating that as, "of where there is always something, you can take?" If I am translating that correctly, then I'm not sure there is an extract translated saying like, "you can't get blood from a stone" as JPablo said.

Remember, my Spanish is still poor, so maybe someone with better Spanish can give a better translation?

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPablo (Post 84010)
I've heard/seen the opposite, "de donde no hay, no se puede sacar" which in English could be "You can't get blood from a stone". "You can't squeeze blood from a turnip."
In Spanish you could go with something like "donde comen 3 comen 4" or something like that, "donde come uno, comen todos" which in English would be something like, there’s always room for one more at the table. :hmm: Not quite the same, but somewhat gives the idea. (Let's see if our English friends [native speakers] have something more precise.)

Not quite the same, but if you're looking for a saying, then that's about as good as I could come up with too.


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