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English: couch potatoes spawn little spuds

Spanish translation: De tal palo tal astilla







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English term or phrase: couch potatoes spawn little spuds
Spanish translation:De tal palo tal astilla
Entered by:margaret caulfield
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Medical (general)
English term or phrase: couch potatoes spawn little spuds
¿Pueden ayudarme con una buena frase? Entiendo el sentido... pero no sé como mantener el juego de palabras.

Este es el contexto:
Keep in mind that most children who are content with a
sedentary lifestyle have parents who are content with a sedentary
lifestyle. In other words, couch potatoes spawn little spuds. So, as
with nutrition, the solution to the problem of lack of exercise lies
with the parents.
Teresita C
Argentina
De tal palo tal astilla
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Just another option.
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margaret caulfield
Spain
Note from asker to answerer
Margaret: Sólo 4 palabras: ME ENCANTÓ TU IDEA!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +15De tal palo tal astillamargaret caulfield


  


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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +15
De tal palo tal astilla

Explanation:
Just another option.

margaret caulfield
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
Note from asker to answerer
Margaret: Sólo 4 palabras: ME ENCANTÓ TU IDEA!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree George Rabel: yes, because the surrounding context leaves no doubts
23 mins

agree Victoria Innocenti: Opino como George Rabel. El dicho define claramente la situación.
31 mins

agree xxxElena Sgarbo: Muy atinado. Saludos, Margaret :-)
1 hr

agree MJ Barber
1 hr

agree AnaAngelica Amador: ¡Perfecto! La imagen de "couch potato/spuds" es imposible de traducir con sentido, hay que recurrir a un decir conocido en español que la gente entiende y que no requiere explicación.
1 hr

agree Michael Powers (PhD)
1 hr

agree Marcela Russo
2 hrs

agree Lillian van den Broeck
2 hrs

agree Cecilia Della Croce
3 hrs

agree olv10siq: Perfecto
4 hrs

agree Ines Garcia Botana: Excelente (qué duro, no?) :-)
4 hrs

agree LisaR
4 hrs

agree Margarita Palatnik
9 hrs

agree colemh
18 hrs

agree Pablo Grosschmid
22 hrs
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