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#1
February 02, 2012, 08:34 AM
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No dejar meter baza a
Means no to let him/her get a word in edgewise.
Is this an internationally understood phrase, or Spain-specific?
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February 02, 2012, 09:48 AM
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Not heard in Mexico.
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February 02, 2012, 10:08 AM
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Thank for the information. Is there a figurative term for this in Mexico?
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February 02, 2012, 11:31 AM
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"no meter baza" and "no dejar meter baza" are normal terms in Argentina, though you have to have a "medium size" lexicon to know it and use it.
You can say "no le dejó decir pío", "no le dejó decir ni mu", or "no le dejó abrir la boca".
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February 02, 2012, 12:28 PM
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Common in SPain too.
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February 02, 2012, 08:23 PM
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No pudo decir ni pío. Nadie le pidió su opinión. (Meaning rather that they didn't even let him say a word.) "Meter la/su cuchara" is a related expression in the sense of someone who intervenes or expresses an opinion on something. => No lo dejaron meter su cuchara.
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February 02, 2012, 08:48 PM
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En Chile "(no) meter Baza = (no) meter cuchara" y se usan las dos.
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