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The sky fell upon me

Spanish translation: se me vino el cielo/mundo encima


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English term or phrase:The sky fell upon me
Spanish translation:se me vino el cielo/mundo encima
Entered by: Michael Powers (PhD)
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19:29 Aug 13, 2011
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: The sky fell upon me
The sky fell upon me. So I said: "Wow! Am I going to have to continue dragging along this entire situation that's going on with this lady?"
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 11:40
se me vino el cielo/mundo encima
Explanation:
I've heard and used this expression in conversations.
Selected response from:

Remy Arce
Local time: 11:40
Grading comment
Gracias, Remi - todo el mundo está de acuerdo contigo - Mike
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +22se me vino el cielo/mundo encima
Remy Arce


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +22
se me vino el cielo/mundo encima


Explanation:
I've heard and used this expression in conversations.

Remy Arce
Local time: 11:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Gracias, Remi - todo el mundo está de acuerdo contigo - Mike

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  bizisyl
10 mins
  -> ¡muchas gracias bizisyl!
agree  Eileen Banks: mundo diría yo pero si, agree :)
11 mins
  -> ¡muchas gracias Eileen!, Saludos
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro: Sí, el mundo. Saludos Remy
48 mins
  -> ¡gracias Beatriz! Saludos desde este caluroso Orlando.
agree  Lydia De Jorge
1 hr
  -> ¡gracias Lydia! Que disfrutes tu fin de semana.
agree  Pablo Julián Davis: excelente (el mundo) - una pegada!
1 hr
  -> ¡gracias Pablo! Saludos
agree  jairo payan: Por acá en Colombia es con el mundo. Saludos
1 hr
  -> ¡gracias Jairo!, Saludos a ti. Por Puerto Rico también.
agree  Lourdes Sanchez
1 hr
  -> ¡muchas gracias Lourdes!
agree  Richard Boulter: Great! I've only seen this in writing; nobody ever actually said it out loud to me, but it's clearly very common in both contexts. 'El mundo...' seems to be 'the world came crashing down around me' (universal & negative), while 'el cielo ...' is positive?
1 hr
  -> thanks Richard! enjoy your weekend!
agree  Yvonne Becker
1 hr
  -> ¡gracias Yvonne! Buen fin de semana.
agree  Rafael Serrano: Nunca he visto «el cielo...», sino «el mundo se me vino encima».
1 hr
  -> ¡gracias Rafael de acuerdo con lo del mundo.
agree  George Rabel: with Richard. "El mundo"
1 hr
  -> thanks George! Have a great weekend.
agree  Mónica Algazi: Ya armaste el equipo de fútbol. Yo me quedo en el banco de suplentes. : )
2 hrs
  -> ¡gracias mónica!, creo que a mi edad mejor me quedo de espectado. Saludosr.
agree  Luximar: El mundo, por supuesto.
2 hrs
  -> ¡gracias Luximar! Buen fin de semana.
agree  Blanca Collazo: el mundo
2 hrs
  -> ¡gracias Blanca! Buen fin de semana.
agree  isabel murillo: El mundo, sí. : )
2 hrs
  -> ¡gracias Isabel! Buen fin de semana.
agree  Jenni Lukac
2 hrs
  -> ¡gracias Jenni! Saludos cordiales.
agree  patricia scott: El mundo. Saludos.
2 hrs
  -> ¡gracias Patricia! Que disfrutes del fin de semana.
agree  Juan Manuel Macarlupu Peña: el mundo. Saludos!
3 hrs
  -> ¡gracias Juan Manuel! Saludos para ti también.
agree  Ana Garrido: yo tb voto por mundo!
4 hrs
  -> ¡gracias Ana!, Saludos.
agree  MPGS: mundo, :)
10 hrs
  -> ¡gracias MPGS! ¡un domingo feliz!
agree  Maia Bez
1 day23 hrs
  -> ¡muchas gracias Maia!
agree  Wendy Petzall
3 days4 hrs
  -> ¡muchas gracias Wendy!
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Changes made by editors
Aug 13, 2011 - Changes made by Paul Merriam:
Language pairSpanish to English => English to Spanish
Aug 13, 2011 - Changes made by AllegroTrans:
Language pairEnglish to Spanish => Spanish to English
Aug 13, 2011 - Changes made by AllegroTrans:
Language pairSpanish to English => English to Spanish


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