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Spanish term or phrase:	a seguro se lo llevaron preso
English translation:	nothing is certain but death and taxes
Entered by:	xxxGabriela R

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1:51am Feb 13, 2006

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Spanish term or phrase: a seguro se lo llevaron preso

¿Cuál sería el equivalente en inglés, si es que existe?

xxxGabriela R

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Answers: 1

Argentina

nothing is certain but death and taxes

Explanation:
to me it goes more along these lines: there are no certainties is life; there's no such thng as a sure thing

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Note added at 56 mins (2006-02-13 02:47:13 GMT) Post-grading
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de nada y saludos

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Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina

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GraCIAS
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4 +3

nothing is certain but death and taxes

Cecilia Della Croce

you never know... (what life has in store for you)

David Russi

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9 mins confidence:

you never know... (what life has in store for you)

Explanation:
1 segura.
(ant.). Segur.

De la familia de ð segur

2 Segura.
A Segura le llevan preso. Frase con que se expresa que no se puede nunca estar seguro de que cosas que parecen improbables no ocurran.
(V. «*peligro, *precaución».)

Reference: http://www.belcart.com/belcart_es/del_dicho/a%20seguro%20se%...

David Russi
United States
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 48

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

nothing is certain but death and taxes

Explanation:
to me it goes more along these lines: there are no certainties is life; there's no such thng as a sure thing

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Note added at 56 mins (2006-02-13 02:47:13 GMT) Post-grading
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de nada y saludos

Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Note from asker to answerer

GraCIAS

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Spanish: a seguro se lo llevaron preso

English translation: nothing is certain but death and taxes