That's Amore! by Erin McKean

Author:Erin McKean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2009-07-16T04:00:00+00:00

no comerse una rosca (Spanish)

[noh koh-MAIR-say oo-nah ROS-kah]

This pitiful expression is, literally'to not eat a doughnut, ' and refers to someone who can't seem to get a single phone number in an entire night on the town.

tirarsela (Italian)

[tee-RAHR-say-lah]

This verb, tirarselare, translates literally as 'to pull it oneself, ' and is used of someone who thinks a little too highly of themselves. As such, it is used to describe unwanted suitors.

llevara alguien al huerto (Spanish)

[yeh-VAHR ah al-gee-en ahl WAIR-to]

Literally 'leading someone to the orchard, ' this phrase is used to describe the various pretexts made to attract someone of the opposite sex, ranging in severity from a little extra mascara to full-on assumed personalities. Whether the orchard is the same one where Eve offered Adam an apple is unknown.

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