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salirse escaldado

English translation: will (really) be missing out

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Spanish term or phrase:	se sale escaldado
English translation:	will (really) be missing out
Entered by:	James A. Walsh

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18:10 Jul 31, 2011

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Spanish term or phrase: salirse escaldado

Hello,
What would be a good translation for "se sale escaldado".

The speaker is a street vendor selling goods at a reduced price. He says that whoever doesn't want to buy the goods, se sale escaldado.
Thanks

translation1201

will (really) be missing out

Explanation:

I think it derives from meaning of "escaldado" - "to learn one's lesson" (from Oxford Spanish), meaning that whoever doesn't buy the products will really "learn their lesson" when they realise what they've missed out on...