"Matar un tranvía" -- Help with this phrase
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Estuve leyendo una cuenta poca cuando ví éste frase: "A don Leoncio Maestre por poco lo mata un tranvía."
Parece como "He´s killing a trolley."
¿Qué significa éste frase?
¡Gracias!
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updated Jan 14, 2011
posted by Toast
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He was almost killed by a trolley the last name Maestre sounds familiar to me, what book are you reading?
updated Jan 14, 2011
edited by Dakie
posted by Dakie
Es una pasaje del libro "La colmena" de Camilo José Cela. ¿Lo sabes? - Toast, Jan 14, 2011
Yes, I read it a couple of years ago, and by the way, the correct question is ¿Lo conoces? - Dakie, Jan 14, 2011
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For non-American English speakers, a trolley is a trolley bus or tram.
In British English a trolley is a shopping cart or other things with wheels that you move stuff about on.
updated Jan 14, 2011
posted by afowen
Good contribution. - Dakie, Jan 14, 2011
