What does "la burra al trigo" mean?
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The context of this saying is that a child keeps asking his father if they are at their destination, and the father is tired of being asked. He says, ¡Otra vez la burrra al trigo! Is this an idiom, and is it of Mexican origin or general origin?
Thanks!
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updated Jun 1, 2010
posted by Delores--Lindsey
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It is a saying. I think it is Mexican, since I have only heard it from my Mexican relatives.
It literally means: "There's the donkey (female) back at the wheat". It is used to express exasperation when someone keeps going on and on over the same subject, long after we consider it closed.
updated Jun 1, 2010
posted by Gekkosan
A big thank you! - Delores--Lindsey, May 3, 2010
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You should add this to the Phrasebook...it's a good one.
updated May 3, 2010
posted by --Mariana--
Hi, Marianne...I don't know how to do that. - Delores--Lindsey, May 3, 2010
Hi Delores. Go under the "more" tab at the top and you'll see the "phrasebook." There's a space on the right to add your phrase. Please feel free to PM me if you have more questions. - --Mariana--, May 3, 2010
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..and keeping the kid quiet is about at the same impossibility level as keeping the lady donkey out of the wheat!
updated May 3, 2010
posted by geofc
