Te pongas que tú pongas

Question

I heard this phrase on a Spanish TV show, Águila Roja. The father said this to the son. I can't give a lot of context, since I can still only grasp about 5% of the dialogue. I may have misunderstood the wording. I was hoping this was a common expression that someone might recognize.

Gracias por ayudarme con esto.

Answer 1

I found this in the dictionary ---

¡No te pongas así! = Don't be like that!

So maybe "Te pongas que tú pongas" means "Hey, you're going to be the way you want to be."

Answer 2

The sentence as given makes no sense.-

I thought that might be the case...was hoping that it was close enough that someone might recognize a familiar phrase - DR1960, Sep 17, 2009