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como la guayabera

English translation: left hanging out to dry

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Spanish term or phrase:	como la guayabera
English translation:	left hanging out to dry
Entered by:	Lydia De Jorge

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01:46 Jan 5, 2012

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Spanish term or phrase: como la guayabera

From either Venezuela or Costa Rica (unclear), this is a text and sentence with a lot of slang usage, and clearly, guayabera as a shirt definitely doesn't cut it. Can anyone help me with a good English phrase for this use?

"...nos joden por el lado del pricing de mercado despues de que ellos son los que dan la información, y nos volvemos a quedar como la guayabera, con riesgo financiero y de reputación..."

kifriedman KudoZ activity Questions: 265 (none open) (24 closed without grading) Answers: 11 United States
Local time: 01:24

left hanging out to dry

Explanation:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hang_out_to_dry

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Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 01:24

Grading comment

This is exactly the term I used, even before it was posted. Great minds think alike? Perfect answer! Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

left hanging out to dry

Lydia De Jorge

4 +3

left out, excluded

anademahomar

5 +1

as excluded as hell

juanpablosans

Discussion entries: 2

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11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

left out, excluded

Explanation:
por fuera como la guayabera.

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-01-05 01:59:55 GMT)
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"Se quedó como la guayabera"
Nota: Denota que una persona no toma parte en una reunión o queda excluido de algún grupo o asociación. La guayabera es una camisa tropical que se lleva por fuera del pantalón.
Variante: "Se quedó como los interiores de Superman"

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-01-05 02:00:27 GMT)
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http://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Proverbios_venezolanos

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Note added at 15 mins (2012-01-05 02:02:04 GMT)
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vas a quedar como la guayabera
You're going to look like the yellow guayabera: proverb to indicate to a person who is to stay on the outside; in a loving
relationship, in a job, a business or in the distribution of an inheritance. It is said this sentence, because the yellow
guayabera, garment of Cuban origin, is always used on the outside.
http://www.wordmeaning.org/ebook.asp?Id=9538

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Note added at 16 mins (2012-01-05 02:02:49 GMT)
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maybe even "on the outside looking in"

anademahomar
Honduras
Local time: 23:24
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

45 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

as excluded as hell

Explanation:
If you want to imitate the register, maybe you could adapt the content to the English reality

juanpablosans
Local time: 00:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

left hanging out to dry

Explanation:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hang_out_to_dry

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 01:24
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 98

Grading comment

This is exactly the term I used, even before it was posted. Great minds think alike? Perfect answer! Thanks!

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Jan 8 - Changes made by Lydia De Jorge:
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