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English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / United States | | English term or phrase: bite the big one | | An example of its usage comes from the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms: "1989 D. KOONTZ Midnight I. Ivii 234 If you go, we all go with you, just like people down there at Honestown years ago, drinking their poisoned Kool-Aid and biting the big one right along with Reverend Jim." |
| | | espicharla | Explanation:
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Michael, it helps when you provide the dictionary's definition, like you were doing before
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espichar.
3. intr. coloq. morir (ǁ llegar al término de la vida).
~la.
1. fr. morir (ǁ llegar al término de la vida).
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otra más: "estirar la pata"
pata1.
estirar la ~.
1. fr. coloq. morir (ǁ llegar al término de la vida).
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| Selected response from:
Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 10:36
| Grading comment espicharla (España); estirar la pata (varios); patatearse, colgar los tenis, chupar faros, entregar el equipo (México)
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7 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +4 espicharla
Explanation:
en España
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Michael, it helps when you provide the dictionary's definition, like you were doing before
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Note added at 9 mins (2005-12-09 03:22:07 GMT)
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espichar.
3. intr. coloq. morir (ǁ llegar al término de la vida).
~la.
1. fr. morir (ǁ llegar al término de la vida).
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Note added at 10 mins (2005-12-09 03:23:42 GMT)
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otra más: "estirar la pata"
pata1.
estirar la ~.
1. fr. coloq. morir (ǁ llegar al término de la vida).
Real Academia Española © Todos los derechos reservados
| Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 10:36
Native speaker of:  Spanish
PRO pts in category: 44
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| | Grading comment | espicharla (España); estirar la pata (varios); patatearse, colgar los tenis, chupar faros, entregar el equipo (México) |
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