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Nov 27, 2006 22:36
17 yrs ago
Spanish term
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
ningún loco come lumbre
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
Mexico
?Ve a un Lopez Obrador más centrado? Depende de lo que él consiere sus propias acciones, ciertamente ningún loco come lumbre, y ciertament no hemos visto, desde que fue presidente, ninguna toma de pozos petroleros.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | (wouldn't be so stupid as to) shoot himself in the foot |
Vocabulum (X)
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| 3 +1 | Comment below |
Miguel Fuentes
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| 4 | foolish, not crazy |
ElChe (X)
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Proposed translations
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(wouldn't be so stupid as to) shoot himself in the foot
Creo que ése es el sentido de la frase aquí. Lo de ningún loco come lumbre alude a que por tonto o loco que sea una persona no se haría daño a sí misma.
shoot oneself in the foot
Foolishly harm one's own cause.
http://www.answers.com/shoot oneself in the foot&r=67
Saludos cordiales. :)
shoot oneself in the foot
Foolishly harm one's own cause.
http://www.answers.com/shoot oneself in the foot&r=67
Saludos cordiales. :)
Peer comment(s):
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Ivannia Garcia
: Me like :)
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Me2 :) ¡Gracias, Ivannia!
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Silvia Brandon-Pérez
: Aunque yo personalmente no tengo problema con la toma de los pozos petroleros... que la tierra es de nosotros y no del que tenga más, como decía Viglietti en aquella hermosa canción...
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Hermosos poemas del compañero Viglietti. :) Gracias, silviantonia :)
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Miguel Fuentes
Mexico
Mexico
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English
Works in field
Mexico
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 3 more.
Comment below
I've heard like: "no hay borracho que coma lumbre".
I don't know an equivalent proverb in English, though the meaning is clear:
No matter how wild you are (or you pretend to be), you won't hurt yourself.
If I find the equivalent proverb I'l come back. I suspect Twain may have a " gold-nugget" for us in stock.
I don't know an equivalent proverb in English, though the meaning is clear:
No matter how wild you are (or you pretend to be), you won't hurt yourself.
If I find the equivalent proverb I'l come back. I suspect Twain may have a " gold-nugget" for us in stock.
Peer comment(s):
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Taña Dalglish
: Might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb Actually, I was going to put something very Jamaican, but it is too crass for public consumption. Very colourful indeed!
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Thank you! But frankly, my comment was hardly an answer
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foolish, not crazy
the man is foolish, not crazy
ciertamente ningún loco come lumbre
ciertamente ningún loco come lumbre
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