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187 months ago

JENN64  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

Spanish > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

el silencio me carcomía los huesos

Context:

Que el silencio me carcomía los huesos. Y en verdad hubiera

Keywords:

saying, expression

 

 

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187 months ago

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187 months ago

Mario  See my profile wrote:

silence was eating up my bones or silence was gnawing my bones

My comment:

1) That silence was eating up my bones. And indeed there ...
2) That silence was gnawing my bones. And indeed there ...

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187 months ago

Roger Roberto Barbieri Alfaro  See my profile wrote:

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187 months ago

trilinguallady  See my profile wrote:

That silence was too eerie it gnawed at me. And to tell the truth there would have been

My comment:

If you take expressions too literally you may go wrong

My references:

Google Translate and Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary

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187 months ago

trilinguallady  See my profile wrote:

silence gnawed (ate) my bones away

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187 months ago

trilinguallady  See my profile wrote:

The silence gnawed away at my bones

My references:

Larousse Unabridgd Spanish/English Dictionary

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