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Spanish term or phrase:
ya ni la friegas
English translation:
doesn't even bother me anymore/It doesn't even matter anymore
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Spanish term
ya ni la friegas
Spanish to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
This quotation comes from the play "Real Women Have Curves." The Mother character says it to one of her daughters after that daughter has disappointed her again.
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doesn't even bother me anymore/It doesn't even matter anymore
She's done whatever so many times that Mum cannot be bothered to lose her patience again. She's a nasty case this Mum, but I loved the film...:)
In other conexts it could have been:
(AmL exc RPl fam)
a (molestar): ¡deja de fregar a tu hermano! stop pestering your brother! (colloq); no creo que sea así, lo dijo sólo por
fregarte I don’t think it’s true, she said it just to needle you o (BrE) wind you up (colloq); fregarle la paciencia a algn to go
o keep on at sb (colloq)
b (expresando sorpresa): ¡no me friegues! you’re kidding o joking! (colloq), no kidding! (colloq)
3 (AmL exc RPl fam) (malograr) ‹ planes › to ruin, to mess up (colloq), to put paid to (BrE colloq); ‹ paseo/vacaciones › to ruin, put
paid to (BrE colloq)
4 (AmL exc RPl fam) (fastidiar): me fregó con esa pregunta her question really floored o stumped me (colloq); el anterior
gobierno no hizo más que fregar al país all the last government managed to do was drag the country down (colloq)
In other conexts it could have been:
(AmL exc RPl fam)
a (molestar): ¡deja de fregar a tu hermano! stop pestering your brother! (colloq); no creo que sea así, lo dijo sólo por
fregarte I don’t think it’s true, she said it just to needle you o (BrE) wind you up (colloq); fregarle la paciencia a algn to go
o keep on at sb (colloq)
b (expresando sorpresa): ¡no me friegues! you’re kidding o joking! (colloq), no kidding! (colloq)
3 (AmL exc RPl fam) (malograr) ‹ planes › to ruin, to mess up (colloq), to put paid to (BrE colloq); ‹ paseo/vacaciones › to ruin, put
paid to (BrE colloq)
4 (AmL exc RPl fam) (fastidiar): me fregó con esa pregunta her question really floored o stumped me (colloq); el anterior
gobierno no hizo más que fregar al país all the last government managed to do was drag the country down (colloq)
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you mess it up!
this is it.
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that was the last straw! you're a pest!
Hola affnova,
Cuando alguien me dice "¡ya ni la friegas!" yo lo encuentro equivalente a: "¡es el colmo contigo!" "molestas demasiado" por eso ofrezco esta opción.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
"last straw, the
The final annoyance or setback, which even though minor makes one lose patience. For example, I could put up with his delays and missed deadlines, but when he claimed the work was unimportant—that was the last straw! This term is a shortening of the straw that broke the camel's back, which conveys a vivid image of an overloaded animal being given one slight additional weight. The expression dates from the mid-1800s, and replaced the earlier the last feather that breaks the horse's back. ..."
"...fregar. (De fregar 'restregar, frotar', del latín fricare.) tr. Fastidiar, molestar. | estar uno fregado. 1. Estar en mala situación. || 2. Estar muy pobre. || ¡ya la fregamos! loc. Resultó mal. || ****¡ya ni la friegas!! loc. de reproche. Molestas mucho.**** Compárese amolar. || fregarse. 1. Fastidiarse, aguantarse. || 2. Dañarse. ..."
Good luck from Oso ¶:^)
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pest
n.
1. An annoying person or thing; a nuisance.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
Cuando alguien me dice "¡ya ni la friegas!" yo lo encuentro equivalente a: "¡es el colmo contigo!" "molestas demasiado" por eso ofrezco esta opción.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
"last straw, the
The final annoyance or setback, which even though minor makes one lose patience. For example, I could put up with his delays and missed deadlines, but when he claimed the work was unimportant—that was the last straw! This term is a shortening of the straw that broke the camel's back, which conveys a vivid image of an overloaded animal being given one slight additional weight. The expression dates from the mid-1800s, and replaced the earlier the last feather that breaks the horse's back. ..."
"...fregar. (De fregar 'restregar, frotar', del latín fricare.) tr. Fastidiar, molestar. | estar uno fregado. 1. Estar en mala situación. || 2. Estar muy pobre. || ¡ya la fregamos! loc. Resultó mal. || ****¡ya ni la friegas!! loc. de reproche. Molestas mucho.**** Compárese amolar. || fregarse. 1. Fastidiarse, aguantarse. || 2. Dañarse. ..."
Good luck from Oso ¶:^)
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Note added at 2005-04-10 18:47:47 (GMT)
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pest
n.
1. An annoying person or thing; a nuisance.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
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Now you've done it. I can't believe you did that. You've done it this time.
An expression of incredulity at something outrageous someone else has done.
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