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14:49 Sep 17, 2019 |
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO] Art/Literary - Folklore / Folktales | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Robert Carter Mexico Local time: 09:06 | ||||||
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4 +1 | proper |
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4 | a (righ)t good |
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proper Explanation: Per the discussion. "She gave her proper telling-off" |
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a (righ)t good Explanation: There are several ways to translate ""Ella la reprendió de lo lindo." She gave him a (right) good telling off/ticking off. She tore a strip off him. She gave him what for. ... etc. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2019-09-17 16:29:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry if I've got the genders mixed up there (him vs her), but I was focusing on the main idiom rather than the protagonists. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2019-09-17 16:30:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It would help if we knew what the person was being admonished for. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 21 mins (2019-09-18 15:10:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- There's a nice Scottish word for it too, "shiricking (or shericking) n: a particularly vocal telling-off. ": "I bet Andy Murray got a right shiricking aff his mammy..." "Once a councillor's wife came in just to give me a full-on shiricking in front of a packed dining room" Example sentence(s):
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tear+a+strip+off https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/gave+him+the+what+for |
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