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The Original Spanish Saying
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CUBONICS
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The Intended English Meaning
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No me importa un pito
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I don't care a whistle
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I don't care at all
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Me importa tres pepinos
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I care three cucumbers
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I don't care at all
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Me sacaron el hígado
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They took my liver out
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I worked like a slave
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Me sacaron el kilo
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They took the penny out of me
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I worked like a slave
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Le pusistes la tapa al pomo
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You put the lid on the jar
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You really messed up this time!
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Tú no pintas nada |
You don't paint anything
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This doesn't concern you
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Vamos a echar un pie
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Let's throw a foot
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Let's dance
Let's party |
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Estás comiendo de lo que pica el
pollo |
You are eating what the chicken
nibble |
You're wasting your time in foolish
things |
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Estás acabando |
You are finishing |
You're a big success
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Sigue durmiendo de ese lado
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Keep sleeping on that side
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Keep on waiting |
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¡Te la comiste! |
You ate it! |
You did it great!
You kicked it! |
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Te estás metiendo en camisa de once
varas |
You are getting into an eleven yard
shirt |
You're getting into big trouble
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Eramos pocos y parió Catana
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We were few and Catana gave birth
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There were a lot of people here, and
then more showed up |
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Es un arroz con mango
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It is a rice with mango
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It's a very complicated thing
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No tiene dos dedos de frente
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He/She doesn't have two fingers of
forehead |
He/she has no intelligence at all
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Para luego es tarde
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For later, it's late
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Don't wait, let's do it now
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Nos dejastes plantados
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You left us planted
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You stood us up |
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Me embarcaste |
You shipped me off
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You stood us up |
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Se formó |
It formed |
Here comes trouble!
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Es la pata del diablo
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He/she is the leg of the devil
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Likes to play pranks
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Este huevo quiere sal
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This egg wants salt
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What does he/she wants?
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¡Qué pesao me cae!
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He falls so thick on me!
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I cannot stand him!
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Camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la
corriente |
Shrimps that falls asleep, current
that takes it away |
Wake up or you are going to loose
your opportunities |
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Me voy a hacer el de la vista gorda
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I'm going to be the one with the fat
sight |
I'm going to ignore that
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El no dispara un chicharo
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He doesn't shoot a pea
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He doesn't do any work
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Hay gato encerrado
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There's a cat locked up
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There is something hidden here
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Tiró la casa por la ventana
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He/she threw the house out the window
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He/she pulled all the stops
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El horno no está para galleticas
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The oven is not for cookies
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It's not the right moment for that
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Te pusistes para tu número
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You put yourself to your number
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You got on the ball
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Por si las moscas |
For if the flies |
Just in case |
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Juntos pero no revueltos
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Together but not scrambled
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Although we are together on this,
there is a big difference between us
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Perro que ladra no muerde
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Dog that barks, doesn't bite
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Too many words but no action
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Tira la piedra y esconde la mano
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Throws the stone, and hides the hand
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He/she knows how to do things without
being discovered |
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Una tempestad en un vaso de agua
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A tempest in a glass of water
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A mountain out of a molehill
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Le cayó comején |
Termites are falling on him/her
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He/She became nuts
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Le faltan unos cuantos tornillos
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He/she is missing few screws
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He/she is nuts |
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Le zumba el merequetén
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It heaves the merequeten
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It blows our minds
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Comiéndose un cable
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Eating a cable |
Going through difficult times
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Se tiraron p'al medio de la calle
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They threw themselves into the middle
of the street |
They went all out |
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Caminan con los codos
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They walk with their elbows
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They're cheapskates
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Pedro cantó el manicero
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Pedro sang the peanut vendor
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Peter died |
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El se da lija |
He sand papers himself
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He is a narcissist |
