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#1
November 06, 2009, 11:54 AM
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Comulgar con ruedas de molino
This nice saying was used a lot by my Mum, it means that sometimes you have to put up with things, and do things that you don´t agree with, or don´t want to do, but you do them in order to keep peace and harmony in your marriage or at work.
ENGLISH? 
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#2
November 06, 2009, 12:24 PM
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I've always heard it with a negative sense. For instance when somebody wants you to believe in something:
Ahora dicen que no oiremos ruidos con la autopista que pasará al lado del pueblo. ¿Es que quieren hacernos comulgar con ruedas de molino?
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#3
November 06, 2009, 12:56 PM
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In English: sometime you have to go with the flow.
or put up with it.
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November 06, 2009, 04:35 PM
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Thaks POLI
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November 07, 2009, 09:28 PM
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Funny I just thought of this in another topic regarding another saying..  We often seem to be thinking in similar directions.  I was wondering: in Dutch (and I think in English as well) we often use expressions with 'mill' to express something is exceedingly slow, tedious or very repetetive/'boxstandard'. e.g. 'Run-of-the-mill', 'papermill' ('papiermolen') etc. http://www.answers.com/topic/run-of-the-mill I was wondering if this is the same in Spanish also? 
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November 08, 2009, 02:52 AM
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No idea.
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November 08, 2009, 03:56 AM
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November 08, 2009, 06:22 AM
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