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| Autor: | Dale-USA |
| E-mail: | dale_thomas2004@yahoo.com.br |
| Data: | 18/ABR/2011 10:34 PM |
| Assunto: | um olho no peixe o outro no gato |
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You made me laugh! Thanks! In Costa Rica you hear "Buscarle tres patas al gato". How on earth is that translated? It doesn't even make sense in Spanish. Recently I learned that in Argentina they say "Buscarle cinco patas al gato". Maybe that would be "Looking for the fifth leg on a cat." The meanings are the same: to look for trouble, to provoke a fight or argument, etc. Today a friend asked why we say "You're welcome" when we are acknowledging thanks, just as we tell a person his company is wanted (bem-vindo). I had never thought about it. Sometimes we say things automatically without giving any thought to the logic of the phrase. Your expression about the fish and the cat, however, makes a lot of sense. It gives the listener a good image. |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
um olho no peixe o outro no gato – Sidney 18/ABR/2011, 7:39 PM um olho no peixe o outro no gato – Dale-USA 
18/ABR/2011, 9:54 PM um olho no peixe o outro no gato – Sidney 18/ABR/2011, 10:07 PM 
um olho no peixe o outro no gato – Dale-USA 18/ABR/2011, 10:34 PM um olho no peixe o outro no gato – PPAULO 18/ABR/2011, 11:52 PM um olho no peixe o outro no gato – Sidney 19/ABR/2011, 8:11 PM um olho no peixe o outro no gato – Fox Fox 18/ABR/2011, 11:14 PM um olho no peixe o outro no gato – PPAULO 18/ABR/2011, 11:53 PM um olho no peixe o outro no gato – Fox Fox 19/ABR/2011, 7:32 PM um olho no peixe o outro no gato – Sidney 19/ABR/2011, 8:12 PM Procurando chifre... – PPAULO 22/ABR/2011, 10:53 AM Procurando chifre... – Paul2 24/ABR/2011, 9:14 PM