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Cuban-Style Sayings
- Más rollo que película-------Referring to someone who talks too much and does too little.
- Bájate el blumer-------A wine invented by the people; a litre costs 2 pesos (Cuban currency) at the corner store.
- Estas detrás del palo y pidiendo el último------- You are absent-minded.
- Se acabó como la fiesta del Guatao-------It ended up badly.
- Chévere ------- Super!
- Fuego a la lata-------Carry on, hang the consequences!
- Se formó el arroz con mangos-------Confusion reigned.
- A mí me matan; pero yo gozo-------I’m going to have a good time, no matter what.
- A falta de pan, casabe-------If I can’t have what I want, I’ll take what I can get.
- Siempre que llueve escampa-------Don’t lose hope.
- Se la dejaron en la mano-------They surprised him and didn’t give him a chance to react.
- Se llevó la cerca-------He did something fantastic.
- Vivir de la picada-------Living beyond your means.
- Poner la yagua antes que caiga la gotera-------Better safe than sorry.
- Dejar pasar carretas y carretones-------Grin and bear it.
- Al cantío de un gallo-------Close at hand.
- Chupar el rabo a la jutía-------Get drunk.
- Le zumba la merengena-------Something extraordinary.
- Le zumba el merequetengue o merequetén-------(idem)
- Lo pusieron en tres y dos-------He was put into a bind.
- Sacarse la rifa del guanajo-------Something distasteful, unpleasant.
- Que te compre quien no te conozca-------I don’t trust you.
- Quedarse para vestir santos-------Stay an old maid (or bachelor).
- Gira que esta fija-------Leave someone alone.
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