Sentence of the Day

Question

"En su matrimonio no hubo amor de por medio"
"There was no love involved in their marriage"

I was looking up the origin of "por medio de" {which I never found} and ran across this usage of a similar phrase in the sense it is written backwards but of course means something entirely different. Here on SpanishDict we get a "Word of the Day" so I thought it would be also really helpful to get a sentence of the day. I am not sure if either phrase is added to our new phrasebook.

Answer 1

Hi fox, may be you can publish this in the phrasebook? YOu can make a search there to check.

Sure thing Heidita! I also have a lot more to add but I have hesitated since I don't know which catagory to put them into that is why I was looking up the origin. - foxluv, ABR 18, 2010

Answer 2

I just came across this phrase in a short story in a Spanish-English (bi-lingual) book I am reading. Definitely a good one for the phrasebook. From the short story I am reading:

Hay de por medio un problema social.

It involves a social problem.

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¿Hay un hijo de por medio?

Is there a child mixed up in it?

I see fox already added the phrase. Excellent! :) - Lrtward, MAY 11, 2010