go up like a rocket and down like a stone

Spanish translation: Primero toca el cielo con las manos y luego se le viene el mundo abajo

12:05 Jul 29, 2007

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Psychology / Personality test

English term or phrase: go up like a rocket and down like a stone

Otra pregunta del test de personalidad

Has it been your experience that you

(A) often fall in love with an idea or project that turns out to be a dissapointment - so that you "go up like a rocket and down like a stone", or do you
(B) use enough judgement on your enthusiasm so that they do not let you down?

Gracias

Andrea Kalaydjian KudoZ activity Questions: 509 (none open) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 0 South Africa
Local time: 11:19

Spanish translation:Primero toca el cielo con las manos y luego se le viene el mundo abajo

Explanation:
Así lo expresaríamos en castellano.

Selected response from:

Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom

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Muchisimas gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

subir como un cohete y bajar como una piedra

Marcel Ventosa

4 +1

Primero toca el cielo con las manos y luego se le viene el mundo abajo

Cecilia Gowar

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

subir como un cohete y bajar como una piedra

Explanation:
asi, textual

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Note added at 15 mins (2007-07-29 12:21:02 GMT)
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o caer como una piedra también

Marcel Ventosa
Thailand
Local time: 16:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

31 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Primero toca el cielo con las manos y luego se le viene el mundo abajo

Explanation:
Así lo expresaríamos en castellano.

Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Muchisimas gracias

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