Spanish: mentir como un cosaco o bellacoEnglish translation: lying through one's teeth 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Spanish term or phrase: | mentir como un cosaco o bellaco | | English translation: | lying through one's teeth | | Entered by: | Carol Gullidge |
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Folklore / idioms | | Spanish term or phrase: mentir como un cosaco o bellaco | | Is it lying IN your teeth or lying THROUGH your teeth¿ |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseFrancesca Verd: 12:52pm Nov 27, 2006: Creo que has mezclado dos expresiones... la de mentir como un bellaco, y la de beber como un cosaco. Como bellaco y cosaco suenan parecido... a veces se confunde la cosa. ;)
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 Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
| Note from asker to answererOuch! I lost the bet on this one - I was sure it was "in"... oh well, cheers Carol :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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1 min confidence:  peer agreement (net): +10 |
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| Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| Note from asker to answerer| Ouch! I lost the bet on this one - I was sure it was "in"... oh well, cheers Carol :-) |
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