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La hoz en mies ajena

English translation: Sticking one\'s nose in someone else\'s business

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Spanish term or phrase:La hoz en mies ajena
English translation:Sticking one\'s nose in someone else\'s business
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

15:24 Feb 15, 2022
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Spanish term or phrase: La hoz en mies ajena
This is the tentative name of a project of a Mexican contemporary artist:

El proyecto “La hoz en mies ajena” (título tentativo) consiste en un proyecto de investigación y producción artística que retoma materiales de archivo familiar “encontrado” perteneciente a un miembro de la familia del aplicante y que tiene como centro de reflexión un fragmento temporal en el periodo histórico de la guerra fría entre las décadas de 1950-1960 en México.
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 07:46
Sticking one's nose in someone else's business
Explanation:
Based on the literal translation "the sickle in someone else's harvest", I think a suitable translation would be "sticking one's nose where it does not belong" or "sticking one's nose in someone else's business".
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Andrew Chestnutt
Portugal
Local time: 11:46
Grading comment
thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4Sticking one's nose in someone else's business
Andrew Chestnutt
4reaping (the) advantage from someone else's effort/hard work
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3In the footsteps of others
patinba
Summary of reference entries provided
Definicion
Wyoming (X)

Discussion entries: 3





  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Sticking one's nose in someone else's business


Explanation:
Based on the literal translation "the sickle in someone else's harvest", I think a suitable translation would be "sticking one's nose where it does not belong" or "sticking one's nose in someone else's business".

Andrew Chestnutt
Portugal
Local time: 11:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks. The artist's wo9rk has to do with the Cold War, so I guess sickle is important!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: This is a very critical tone and I wonder whether it needs to be neutral
41 mins
neutral  David Hollywood: sticking your nose into somebody else's business
11 hrs
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reaping (the) advantage from someone else's effort/hard work


Explanation:
This might be what I would go with, given the allusion to "harvesting with a sickle".

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Note added at 40 mins (2022-02-15 16:04:45 GMT)
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More informally, "mooching off somebody's effort".

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Note added at 40 mins (2022-02-15 16:05:25 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant "somebody else's effort".

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 06:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
In the footsteps of others


Explanation:
It seems that what you require is a catchy title for a project to convey the idea that the artists is following a path that has been trodden by others who have led the way, and the answers to date are not fit for that purpose.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 07:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 124
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Reference comments


8 hrs
Reference: Definicion

Reference information:
Segun la referencia, "Meter la hoz en mies ajena: expresión que indica que una persona ejerce profesiones que no le son propias." Por ejemplo, "No le fue bien porque metió la hoz en mies ajena."

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Note added at 8 hrs (2022-02-16 00:09:55 GMT)
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Wyoming (X)
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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