Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

...as the lady said to the sailor

Spanish translation:

(frase hecha con connotaciones sexuales)

Added to glossary by Pablo Fdez. Moriano
Dec 14, 2001 10:41
22 yrs ago
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English term

...as the lady said to the sailor

Non-PRO English to Spanish Other Film: western
CABLE: Hang it in there. Let's see what it'll do, as the lady said to the sailor.

Esta frase sale ebn un western. Me gustaría saber si es algo típico que se decía en aquella época, o es algo exclusivo del personaje de esta película. La frase sale en esta y otra ocasión. No creo que sea importante en qué momento lo dice, sóo quiero saber si es una frase hecha o no.

Muchas gracias.
Proposed translations (Spanish)
3 +6 frase hecha
5 un chiste

Proposed translations

+6
6 mins
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frase hecha

Nunca la he oído. La única razón por la que creo que debe ser una frase hecha es (aparte de por el contexto) porque en inglés (moderno de Inglaterra) hay una frase parecida que se dice cuando alguien ha dicho algo con connotaciones sexuales.

´As the vicar said to the actress´.

Incluyo un ejemplo de ésta
Peer comment(s):

agree urst : and there's this: "As the naked lady said to the sailor,what is it about this that you don't understand?"
16 mins
agree Egmont
20 mins
agree MJ Barber : I always heard as the actress said to the bishop - i.e. when you say something and then realise that it could be a double-entendre, nudge nudge wink wink
43 mins
agree Patricia Lutteral
1 hr
agree Andrea Bullrich : I've also always heard it as actress>bishop, but the idea is the same: to get people to think of a different meaning for "Hang it in there. Let's see what it'll do"
2 hrs
agree olv10siq
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Muchas gracias, Hazel. Debe de ser una variante de la expresión que tú dices. Ahora, sólo me falta encontrar qué decir para mantener el chiste... ¡Gracias tb. a los peer-graders! Pablo."
4 hrs

un chiste

es un chiste, se suele decir hoy en día "as the bishop said to the actress or as the actress said to the bishop." siempre que haya una posibilidad de un doble entendemiento sexual.
Por ejemplo,
A man trying to unlock a door says "I can't find the hole" "as the boshop said to the actress." JI JI
Es una forma en la cual se puede inventar muchas cosas!
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