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An idiom is an expression whose meaning is not readily apparent based on the individual words in the expression. This forum is dedicated to discussing idioms and other sayings.

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Old June 10, 2011, 11:21 AM
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¡No sé hacerlo!

Crossed again!

I'll try - but don't faint when you read it!

¡Perdón - La comida estaba en la mesa!

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British proverb "Not so green, as he's cabbage-headed!".

No, I'm not 100% sure what it means, either!

Perhaps another, more sagacious brit would be so kind as to explain it to me; my parents employed often fifty-odd years ago!
Here's my interpretation. Green sometimes means naive.
Often people confuse naivety, innocence and ignorance with stupidity, but in the case of the proverb this is not so. The person is not naive; he's genuinely stupid.
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Yes, but never mind that - what about the rude one?
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Oh come on - only two grins?
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Yes, but never mind that - what about the rude one?
I didn't know that ending. I knew "...que se les ocurrió crecer allí creyendo que se estaba mejor a la sombra".
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