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226 months ago

Brenda Galvan (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Spanish > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

al postrero lo muerden los per

Context:

uno de mis profesores de tradu

Keywords:

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226 months ago

  See profile wrote:

they'll stab you in the back/from behind

226 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de  See profile wrote:

The last one draws the short straw.

My comment:

German:
Den Letzten beißen die Hunde.

Meaning of both, I think:
You better be quick! Otherwise it will hurt you or leave you with no choice.

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226 months ago

rhodie  See profile wrote:

the devil takes the hindmost

My comment:

Not a literal translation but an English saying that approximates it

226 months ago

Nachiobol  See profile wrote:

the last one is bitten by the dogs

My comment:

A clever figure of speech manifesting that when being chased, the one behind have the worse luck