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#1
September 07, 2012, 05:03 AM
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Estar a la que salta
English?
Estar a la que salta means to be after everything good, e.g if they offer champagne in a place you´re up on everything. 
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September 07, 2012, 09:18 AM
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éste siempre está a la que salta = he never misses a trick
also= he never misses an opportunity to criticize
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#3
September 07, 2012, 11:51 AM
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Cambridge Klett also gives these options,
andar a la que salta = to seize the opportunity estar a la que salta = to look out for an opportunity I prefer the options given by Perikles (Oxford bilingual). The Cambridge translation misses a bit the "durative" aspect of the Spanish expression... (or rather the "condition" or "state" of "being always looking for an opportunity...) Nuances...
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you."
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September 07, 2012, 12:43 PM
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to be first in line
He's always first in line for a handout. --for example
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#5
September 07, 2012, 01:07 PM
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Yes, that's is close to the first sense. (Moliner gives this, in Spanish)
Estar alguien a la que salta. 1 Estar siempre dispuesto a *aprovechar una oportunidad. *Acechar. 2 No perder ocasión de patentizar una equivocación o una falta de otro en la conversación o el trato con él. *Criticar.
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you."
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#6
September 07, 2012, 01:35 PM
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