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139 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Spanish > English

Subject:

General

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

por miedo de meterse donde no la llamaban

Context:

- Es que, señora, usted se ha vuelto a casar, y claro... - no quiso continuar por miedo a meterse donde no la llamaban -.

The young intake worker from the previous question is talking.

 

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139 months ago

María P. Álvarez  See profile wrote:

-The thing is, Madam, you've remarried and, of course... - she didn't want to continue for fear of poking into someone else's business.

139 months ago

AnaSocarras  See profile wrote:

as not to be nosy / not to get in someone else´s business

My comment:

---the thing is you reamrried, and so..- he didn´t want to continue as not to be nosy/as not to get in someone else´s business.
The previous options using the expression "fear of..." are also correct, but I believe sound a bit too formal for this text.

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139 months ago

Clara Fernández  See profile wrote:

Yes! This is definitely the right meaning.

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139 months ago

AnaSocarras  See profile wrote:

for fear of being carried into saying something unwelcome/ for fear of becoming intrusive

139 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle  See profile wrote:

for fear of doing something totally uncalled for

My comment:

I think this is what it must mean