Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
"meter a todos en la misma bolsa"
English translation:
lump them all together
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mirta
Apr 17, 2004 16:59
20 yrs ago
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Spanish term
"meter a todos en la misma bolsa"
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I'm translating a film script where a woman (living in Argentina) says: " No metas a todos en la misma bolsa" (meaning don't treat everybody alike). Is there any English phrase that I can use in this context?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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32 mins
Spanish term (edited):
meter a todos en la misma bolsa
Selected
lump them all together
Check out these examples:
"... I think that in trying to encourage a sense of positive Jewish identity, you tend to make a bogeyman out of the other guys- in this case the Greeks, and ***lump them all together*** as if they were one indistinguishable group with inherently negative qualities."
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"I think it is too easy to generalize and ***lump them all together*** ..."
http://www.animationnation.com/wwwboard/messages/353.html
"The UC system asks particular for particular Asian ethnicities on the admissions application (Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc.), all unique cultural groups, but then proceeds to ***lump them all together*** in one group, as if their experiences were all the same."
http://www.ucsdguardian.org/cgi-bin/guardianboard?param=opin...
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"... I think that in trying to encourage a sense of positive Jewish identity, you tend to make a bogeyman out of the other guys- in this case the Greeks, and ***lump them all together*** as if they were one indistinguishable group with inherently negative qualities."
http://www.aish.com/components/feedbackTracking/comments.asp...
"I think it is too easy to generalize and ***lump them all together*** ..."
http://www.animationnation.com/wwwboard/messages/353.html
"The UC system asks particular for particular Asian ethnicities on the admissions application (Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc.), all unique cultural groups, but then proceeds to ***lump them all together*** in one group, as if their experiences were all the same."
http://www.ucsdguardian.org/cgi-bin/guardianboard?param=opin...
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Comment: "Thanks you all!"
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4 mins
Spanish term (edited):
meter en la misma bolsa
to put in the same bag
I know this expression
4 mins
Spanish term (edited):
no metas a todos en la misma bolsa
we are talking apples and oranges here
¿podría servirte?
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Note added at 5 mins (2004-04-17 17:04:18 GMT)
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explicación: estamos hablando de cosas diferentes (o casos diferentes)
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Note added at 5 mins (2004-04-17 17:04:18 GMT)
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explicación: estamos hablando de cosas diferentes (o casos diferentes)
13 mins
Valentini Mellas
Greece
Greece
Greece
It's all Greek to me!
Native in: Greek
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English, French to Greek, and 10 more.
Spanish term (edited):
meter a todos en la misma bolsa
all fingers are not equal
or even more "complicated" by saying : Don't consider everyone being six of one, half a dozen of the other.
13 hrs
Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
put them all in the same basket
This would seem most natural to me.
+1
17 hrs
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