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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / radio transcript from Puerto Rico | | Spanish term or phrase: caerle a palos | This phrase, possibly a colloquialism or slang expression, is used by one of the speakers in a Puerto Rican radio broadcast:
"Hoy por ejemplo est intento esta guerra del ventilador...yo veo la historia en [name of a local newspaper] de XX [a female individual's name] **cayéndole a palos** al comisionado de seguros, y tratando de halar por los pelos a como de lugar al comisionado de seguros de P.R. yo digo, wao, cualquiera que lea ésto se cree pero aquií hay un problema. " Los [name of a powerful local family] son dueños de una aseguradora regulada y monitereada por el comisionado de seguros...no va a ser ésto un intento de ••caerle a palos** al comisionado de seguros por acciones que está tomando o alguna medida que haya tomado pero..."
So far, I've found "beat the hell out of someone" - would this be right? This seems rather too literal for this context.... |
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Blanca Collazo
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