Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉
In Mexico, when someone is too stupid we say "no rebuzna porque no se sabe la tonada" and I think that’s beautiful.
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Show threadAdrianoMar 22
@Migueldeicaza I have a soft spot for the series of “le faltan X para Y”. “ le faltan cinco pal peso. Le faltan sánguches pal picnic.
Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Mar 22
@adriano oh that’s a new one! I have been away for too long!
Show threadAdrianoMar 22
@Migueldeicaza well I kind of cheated. I don’t think these are Mexican phrases.
Show threadOjocle OlonamMar 22
@adriano @Migueldeicaza at lest Cubans and Argentinians use those I can confirm. The one with the sandwich is new to me tho.
Show threadRaul PortalesMar 22
@Migueldeicaza @adriano in Spain we use to say "le falta un hervor"
Show threadI Can't Believe It's Not Zero!Mar 22
@Migueldeicaza I can make it as far as “they don’t ____ because they don’t know the tune,” which is kind of delightful on its own 😂
Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Mar 22
@steve in Mexico, donkeys are associated with stupid. People say “that guy is a donkey” which he is dumb. And the name of the noise donkeys make is “rebuzno” :-)
Show threadCurioso 🍉 🇺🇦 (jgg)Mar 22

@Migueldeicaza @steve

In Spain donkeys have exactly the same reputation, but I never heard that phrase.

We have another one, especially offensive: "más tonto y no nace". Related: "eso no se le ocurre ni al que asó la mantequilla".

Show threadLinguist Gone Foreign 🌏Mar 22

@jgg @Migueldeicaza @steve

O también: Llega a salir un poco más tonto y lo tendrían que regar. 😁

Show threadXavier Rubio JansanaMar 22
@Migueldeicaza @steve We also use donkeys in this tone in Spain (but not this specific phrase).
Show threadLeonardo FontenelleMar 22

@Migueldeicaza @steve

In Brazil too

Show threadParadise PeteMar 22
@steve @Migueldeicaza I was the same. I learned my Spanish on the "street" and had never heard that verb. I like it!
Show threadRob Johnston 🍁Mar 22
@Migueldeicaza In the army we used to say, "He's not the tallest tree in the forest, but certainly the thickest".
Show threadRBWellsMar 22
@rjohnston @Migueldeicaza oh my God my mind is in the gutter, lol.
Show threadRob Johnston 🍁Mar 22
@RBWells @Migueldeicaza Ha! Thick meaning stupid in this case. Never thought of it the other way.
Show threadana 🇵🇸Mar 23
@rjohnston @Migueldeicaza
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@Migueldeicaza la primera vez que lo oigo/leo y mestoy muriendo a carcajadas 🤣 🤣 🤣
Show threadRoberto BacaMar 22
@Migueldeicaza or the poetic “no le sube el agua al tinaco”
Show threadLuis LavenaMar 22
@Migueldeicaza in Argentina there is one about cribs: "se cayó de la cuna cuando era pequeño"
Show threadJacobo TarrioMar 22
@Migueldeicaza "No es más tonto porque no entrena."
Show threadAlfonso Muñoz-Pomer FuentesMar 23
@jtarrio @Migueldeicaza in Spain we also say “Más tonto y no nace”. Dunno if that’s also used elsewhere.
Show threadLauraMar 23
@Migueldeicaza una vez leí en Facebook “no comen monte porque no les da el
pescuezo” y todavía me da risa