Jun 6, 2007 06:41
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
cuento de la lechera
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Communication skills
A traditional expression in Spain.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | Don't count your chickens before they hatch |
Mariana Harriague
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| 3 +1 | believe in pipedreams |
David Russi
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| 3 | Castles in the sand |
Yasser El Helw
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Proposed translations
+7
40 mins
Mariana Harriague
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Spanish
Works in field
United Kingdom
Accurate, reliable and fast
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch
This is the equivalent expression in English. You should not count on something happening until you are sure that it will happen, as the milkmaid did.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Perfect! Thanks to all :-)"
+1
6 mins
David Russi
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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44
believe in pipedreams
Comes from the La Fontaine tale
"The Milkmaid and the Pot of Milk, By Jean de La Fontaine ...
The Milkmaid and the Pot of Milk, By Jean de La Fontaine ... The French girl's mind has animals in it: there are useful animals in the girl's mind as she ...
www.aestheticrealism.net/poetry/milkmaid-milk-lafontaine.ht... - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
Tsarskoe Selo - The Parks - Dog's Tombs, Marble Bridge and the ...
Giving the wing to daydreams as she went, this young milk-girl decided, that if her customer was liberal with his money, she would buy eggs and raise ...
www.alexanderpalace.org/tsarskoe/dogs.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
Stories, Listed by Author
FONTAINE, ROBERT (1912?- ) (chron.) ... The Girl in the Window, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 27 1959 · * Girl Who Wanted the Moon, (ss) Today’s Woman ...
www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/s638.htm - 35k - Cached - Similar pages
Stories, Listed by Author
The Girl at Glaser’s, (ss) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Feb 1900 ... Are You a Milk-Bottle Pirate?, (ar) The Passing Show Nov 25 1933 · * Seaside Nights ...
www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/s1097.htm - 32k - Cached - Similar pages
Amazon.ca: Girl Cant Help It, the: Video: Frank Tashlin,Tom Ewell ...
Then there's Jerri holding Miller's two full bottles of milk against her, ... The Girl Can't Help It embodies the music, culture, and ttitudes of a time ...
www.amazon.ca/Girl-Cant-Help-Frank-Tashlin/dp/B000006GF0 - 68k - Cached - Similar pages
"The Milkmaid and the Pot of Milk, By Jean de La Fontaine ...
The Milkmaid and the Pot of Milk, By Jean de La Fontaine ... The French girl's mind has animals in it: there are useful animals in the girl's mind as she ...
www.aestheticrealism.net/poetry/milkmaid-milk-lafontaine.ht... - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
Tsarskoe Selo - The Parks - Dog's Tombs, Marble Bridge and the ...
Giving the wing to daydreams as she went, this young milk-girl decided, that if her customer was liberal with his money, she would buy eggs and raise ...
www.alexanderpalace.org/tsarskoe/dogs.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
Stories, Listed by Author
FONTAINE, ROBERT (1912?- ) (chron.) ... The Girl in the Window, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 27 1959 · * Girl Who Wanted the Moon, (ss) Today’s Woman ...
www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/s638.htm - 35k - Cached - Similar pages
Stories, Listed by Author
The Girl at Glaser’s, (ss) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Feb 1900 ... Are You a Milk-Bottle Pirate?, (ar) The Passing Show Nov 25 1933 · * Seaside Nights ...
www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/s1097.htm - 32k - Cached - Similar pages
Amazon.ca: Girl Cant Help It, the: Video: Frank Tashlin,Tom Ewell ...
Then there's Jerri holding Miller's two full bottles of milk against her, ... The Girl Can't Help It embodies the music, culture, and ttitudes of a time ...
www.amazon.ca/Girl-Cant-Help-Frank-Tashlin/dp/B000006GF0 - 68k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Noni Gilbert Riley
: This may be a gd alternative if the context wants to go straight into an active verb and not an imperative
1 hr
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2 hrs
Yasser El Helw
Egypt
Egypt
Native in English
Egypt
NATIVE SPEAKER OF MEDICINE
Native in: Arabic , English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Castles in the sand
Suerte
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Noni Gilbert Riley
: In the air, surely?!
2 hrs
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Maybe you are right. In the sand means "shortlived" but "cuento de la lechera" is entirely in the imagination.
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