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Old May 22, 2011, 06:25 PM
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Cortar y regresarme mis canicas

Hi, I heard this expression once and don't know what it means, it was written: cortalas y regresame mis canicas.

do you happen to know what this means? Thanks so much
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Old May 22, 2011, 08:28 PM
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"Córtalas" is an expression associated to children when they want to break up friendship because they're mad at their friends.

"Canicas" are marbles, and children of former times used to play a lot with these toys. As those games frequently needed a child lending marbles to a friend, once friendship was broken, toys had to be given back to their original owner.

"Córtalas y regrésame mis canicas" is a joking way to say that you're mad at a friend and you're breaking up friendship, so you want your toys back, as if you were children fighting.


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