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189 months ago

JENN64   asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	oscuros -en casa de herrero cuchillo de palo-
Context:	bigotes que camuflaban los dientes alargados y oscuros - en casa de herrero cuchillo de pa
Keywords:	hablando sobre un dentista...y como tiene los dientes.....

 

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188 months ago

Mario   wrote:

dark -the shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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mustache camouflaging dark elongated teeth - The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

La traducción literal de "en casa de herrero... " no corresponde a ningún proverbio usual inglés. El proverbio inglés "The shoemaker´s..." tiene el mismo sentido.

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189 months ago

LOGOS TRANSLATIONS   wrote:

the cobbler's wife is the worst shod

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this is the good old British saying conveying well the meaning

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189 months ago

Margarita Viada   wrote:

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot

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Best of lucks

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189 months ago

chrisbritingles   wrote:

the moustache that hid the(his) long, thin, dark and sharp teeth

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189 months ago

chrisbritingles   wrote:

shoemaker's children always go barefoot

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189 months ago

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Best equivalent in English it seems. http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/poetry_literature/2088431-en_casa_de_herrero_cuchillo_de_palo.html

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