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Old April 04, 2015, 08:15 AM
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When small men cast long shadows...

"When small men cast long shadows you know the sun's about to set" is a statement of impending doom. Here "small" means "short in stature," but also "unimportant" so I thought it could be:

Cuando la gente insignificante hacen grandes sombras, se sabe que pronto va a anochecer

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Old April 04, 2015, 12:18 PM
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"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set." ~ Lin Yutang [In Hard-to-Solve Cryptograms (2001) by Derrick Niederman, p. 96]

Cuando hombres pequeños proyectan sombras largas, (eso) significa que el sol está a punto de ponerse.
Cuando los hombres pequeños tienen sombras largas, es (una) señal (de) que el sol se está poniendo.
Cuando hombres pequeños proyectan grandes sombras, es señal que se pone el sol.
Cuando hombres pequeños echan sombras largas, sabes que el sol comienza a ponerse.
Cuando hombres pequeños proyectan grandes sombras, es señal que llega el ocaso.
Cuando hombres pequeños proyectan una sombra muy larga, es señal de que el sol se está escondiendo.
Cuando hombres pequeños tienen sombras grandes en algún lugar, ahí quiere decir que el sol está poniéndose.


No translation I found conveys the idea of man's insignificance.

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