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Old October 07, 2009, 06:11 AM
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Sin paños calientes
Can someone explain this phrase?
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"paños calientes"
"half-measures"
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En principio, me parece que quiere decir "directo", "sin intermediación", sin nada que amortigüe el efecto de algo, pero ¿cuál es el contexto, Poli?
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I think(though I'm not sure of this) paños caleientes means kid glove treatment. To be handled with kid gloves means gentle treatment.
Example:
Francisco Correa presunto cabecilla de la trama Gurtel se lo resume sin
paños calientes a su abogado.
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Directamente, sin rodeos...
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frankly...
without pretenses...
without beating around the bush...
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"paños calientes" (literally "hot towels/rags" more or less) where aplied to the mother in the moment of giving birth, or to ill persons, in order to lesser the pain/suffer.
Saying/doing something "sin paños calientes" mean to make it direct, blunt, without lessening the impact/pain. (see Tomisimos & Angelica).

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"paños calientes" (literally "hot towels/rags" more or less) where aplied to the mother in the moment of giving birth, or to ill persons, in order to lesser the pain/suffer.
Saying/doing something "sin paños calientes" mean to make it direct, blunt, without lessening the impact/pain. (see Tomisimos & Angelica).

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Yes, that's it. The English translation in saying form is to treat someone
with kid gloves
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kid+gloves
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"kid gloves" ??. Interesting, something new.
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Yes, that's it. The English translation in saying form is to treat someone
with kid gloves
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kid+gloves

A calzon quitao.......

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