Men

[Iris]

A "gem" from Pride and Prejudice:"Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all". What do you think? I've been thinking it over and I really don't understand what Lizzie Bennet meant when she uttered those words.

[Alfonso]

Originally Posted by Iris

A "gem" from Pride and Prejudice:"Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all". What do you think? I've been thinking it over and I really don't understand what Lizzie Bennet meant when she uttered those words.

I think she's too (*much) interested in sex. Besides , there are other enjoyable things in life.

[Iris]

Originally Posted by Alfonso

I think she's too much interested in sex. Besides , there are other enjoyable things in life.

Not too much interested, sweetheart. Just too interested (purple, not to offend).

[Alfonso]

Thanks a lot Iris, but you stay on the bushes. I was speaking about sex, not about grammar... What do you think about Lizzie Bennett attitude?

[Iris]

I think she's a clever lady. If I could I would also run after Mr Darcy (looking like Colin Firth, of course). But I haven't got a clue how you got from her sentence to sex. What were you thinking about?
And by the way, if you continue using all those new expressions you'll have to teach me some English...

[Tomisimo]

You can also say: I think she's much too interested in sex.

[poli]

Originally Posted by Alfonso

Thanks a lot Iris, but you stay in the bushes. I was speaking about sex, not about grammar... What do you think about Lizzie Bennett attitude?

Alfonso, your reference to staying in the bushes is not clear in this thread

[sosia]

form pemberley
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/ppv2n27.html

"Oh! if that is all, I have a very poor opinion of young men who live in Derbyshire; and their intimate friends who live in Hertfordshire are not much better. I am sick of them all. Thank Heaven! I am going to-morrow where I shall find a man who has not one agreeable quality, who has neither manner nor sense to recommend him. Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing, after all.''
Lizzy speaks with her aunt about men. She's angry because Wickham only looks for heiresses, and Mr Darcy is so proud an disagreeable. The persons , which she could think high of, have desappointed her. Finding a good-mannered/clever man is difficult, all have faults. So it's better to find a stupid one who will give no problems.
saludos

[Iris]

But she could have married a stupid one and she refused him! They don't make them any stupider than Mr. Collins...

[sosia]

And Mr Collins gave no problems to her friend.
When she refused Mr Collins, she was sure she needed a intelligent man.
In this moment she is dissapointed, thinking of Wickham who's looking another girl for money. I'm sure Lizzie will never marry a stupid man.
On the other hand, nobody sayed Mr Collins was handsome.
saludos

[Iris]

It must have been his not being handsome that decided her against marrying him. Stupid and ugly is too much to bear...

[Jane]

Which then is a better option... stupid and hansome , smart and ugly or extraordinarily smart and devastatingly handsome?

[Alfonso]

Originally Posted by poli

Alfonso, your reference to staying in the bushes is not clear in this thread

Actually, I invented it. I'm surprised if it means something. It's a literal translation from a Spanish saying. Does it mean anything by chance? If not yet, you should appropriate it, always quoting its genuine inventor.

[poli]

In the bushes puede significar sexo clandestino (como las prostitutas en el parque) en los arbustos. No estoy seguro si eso fue lo que quería expresar. ¿Estoy en lo cierto?
¿Que significa sobre los arbustos?

[sosia]

Originally Posted by Jane

Which then is a better option ... or extraordinarily smart and devastatingly handsome?

I'm sorry, but I'm married

[Alfonso]

Originally Posted by poli

In the bushes puede significar sexo clandestino (como las prostitutas en el parque) en los arbustos. No estoy seguro si eso fue lo que quería expresar. ¿Estoy en lo cierto?
¿Que significa sobre los arbustos?

En realidad, quería decir: andarse por las ramas... que significa no atender al verdadero problema, sino al secundario.
Para lo mismo, también se usa coger el rábano por las hojas, pero no lo traduje, pues me resulta más difícil.

[poli]

Originally Posted by Alfonso

En realidad, quería decir: andarse por las ramas... que significa no atender al verdadero problema, sino al secundario.
Para lo mismo, también se usa coger el rábano por las hojas, pero no lo traduje, pues me resulta más difícil.

Hay un dicho en inglés significa lo mismo. Es:
That's just putting a bandaid on it.

[Alfonso]

Originally Posted by poli

Hay un dicho en inglés que significa lo mismo.

Just putting a band-aid on it.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Alfonso

Just putting a band-aid on it.

Beating around the bush is the saying.

[sknepper]

haha you're barely ahead of me. I'm actually reading Pride & Prejudice right now, but I'll have to wait to continue until I'm in Valencia because I need to study and focus on taking my MCAT next week!

Ok, here goes nothin...
Estás una poca delante de mí. Estoy leyendo Pride y Prejudice ahora, pero tendré que esperar hasta llego en España porque ahora necesito estudiar para el examen entrado de escuela médica.