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Old October 24, 2013, 03:39 AM
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Ir tirando
Hallarse en una situación en que no se tienen grandes adversidades o trabajos, pero tampoco muchas ventajas.
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Old October 24, 2013, 07:27 AM
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Me costó tiempo a ver si existe un dicho en inglés igual y eureka se me ocurrió. To mark time tiene el mismo significado.
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ir tirando (vivir solucionando un sinfín de problemas cotidianos, sin satisfacer aspiraciones ni colmar expectativas) ~= to (just) get by [as "to manage to survive" or "to succeed at a minimal level of acceptability"]
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Same old, same old...
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Old October 24, 2013, 09:41 AM
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Another idiomatic term for this is to tread water.
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Muy interesantes vuestros comentarios. Así aprendemos Inglés también. Gracias.
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What about coping with.?
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"Coping with" I understand it as "arreglárselas"... which seems close enough. I think that Alec's translation, "to [just] get by" is the best translation.
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"We're getting along" or "life goes on" are also good translations. I remember they always used to say that, "estamos tirando", in Spain.

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Hi deandddd, in Spain to say "Vamos tirando". Is the verb "Ir" no "Ser"
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Hi deandddd, in Spain *** (You need to insert a subject and a conjugated verb so your sentence is not fragmentary) to say "Vamos tirando". Is the verb "Ir" no "Ser"
@Alex: Look out. "Estamos tirando" is using the verb "estar", not "ser".
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In Spain is "ir tirando"...

"Estamos tirando" sounds "odd" to an Iberian ear... ie... you can use it but NOT naturally in the sense of "getting along"...
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Right, that's understood, and that's certainly what Alex meant. I was just commenting on the last part of his message (about which I forgot to also suggest corrections):

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Is the verb "ir" no "ser"
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Thank you, Angelica!
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Alexis,

Ah, I have just realized what you are saying. So I have to say "vamos tirando" and not "estamos tirando"? Is this it?

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Right, Dean.
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