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Jon

Aug 18, 2002, 12:23 PM

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Hi all, it's been awhile since my last post (oops that almost sounds like confession) just wanted to say thank you for the help. I have another question now, I am looking for an idiom equivalent to the English one in the subject line. I need a popular one that would be universally understood in the spanish speaking community as this crosses my mind quite often. I guess another way to phrase the idiom would be "%#@& Happens", but I want one more polite than that.thanks,
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xochitl

Aug 18, 2002, 5:49 PM

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How about Ni modo?

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Aug 18, 2002, 6:19 PM

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: How about Ni modo?That would be the most common, I think, even if not the exact translation. Bote

JACK

Aug 19, 2002, 10:15 AM

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Mereja

Aug 19, 2002, 5:21 PM

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Que sera, sera.: : How about Ni modo?: That would be the most common, I think, even if not the exact translation. : Bote

jerezano

Aug 20, 2002, 7:17 AM

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That's the way the cookie crumbles/Así es is the most common. Ni modo means it doesnt matter or Ok

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Jon

Aug 20, 2002, 11:17 AM

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: Que sera, sera.Thanks Mereja, this seems logical. Unfortunately, the word sera is one of the most, if not the most, difficult words for me to pronounce correctly. It's those rrrrr's! It reminds me of that song a few years ago, "Por que sera?" something about eating each other alive. Anyway, it was a catchy tune and I have been laughed at many times with my pronounciation of sera, or maybe it was just my singing?Jon

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Aug 20, 2002, 12:26 PM

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I'm not so sure that this is correct. My wife of over 20 years says it isn't used and in all the years I've lived here I've never heard it used. The "asi es" o "asi es la vida" o "asi son las cosas" are used a lot.: : Que sera, sera.: Thanks Mereja, this seems logical. Unfortunately, the word sera is one of the most, if not the most, difficult words for me to pronounce correctly. It's those rrrrr's! It reminds me of that song a few years ago, "Por que sera?" something about eating each other alive. Anyway, it was a catchy tune and I have been laughed at many times with my pronounciation of sera, or maybe it was just my singing?: Jon

Jesús

Aug 29, 2002, 10:10 PM

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"Así es México."

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or "Esto es México."
Or: "Estás en México, güey!"
Or: "No m-mes."
Un saludo mexicano.
Chuy: Hi all, it's been awhile since my last post (oops that almost sounds like confession) just wanted to say thank you for the help. I have another question now, I am looking for an idiom equivalent to the English one in the subject line. I need a popular one that would be universally understood in the spanish speaking community as this crosses my mind quite often. I guess another way to phrase the idiom would be "%#@& Happens", but I want one more polite than that.: thanks,
: Jon

That's the way the cookie crumbles

That's the way the cookie crumbles

That's the way the cookie crumbles

¡Así es!

That's the way the cookie crumbles

That's the way the cookie crumbles/Así es is the most common. Ni modo means it doesnt matter or Ok

That's the way the cookie crumbles

That's the way the cookie crumbles

&quot;Así es México.&quot;

"Así es México."