"no ganar para disgustos"

Question

tener demasiadas contrariedades y no poder aguantar más

Please fill out the language information in your profile, gracias :) - SonrisaDelSol, Jul 25, 2011

Try to writte the idea in english please, i don't understand you (I'm native spanish speaker)... and Welcome! - Krassa, Jul 25, 2011

Answer 1

So, do you actually have a question or are you teaching us Spanish idioms

And, the question mark? - samdie, Jul 26, 2011

Answer 2

Yeah, I also think it's an idiom but, perhaps there is a matching idiom in English. That is what I'm trying to find out

Well like i said I think you can only interpret these so another interpretation would be "you can't win for losing" which came up in a conversation with Indiana Chris so he should get credit for that one. - Yeser007, Jul 25, 2011

Answer 3

To have nothing but trouble or one setback after another

Answer 4

I don' think it matches the Spanish phrase

I think it is an idiom Omniteo so you can't translate but rather interpret the phrase. - Yeser007, Jul 25, 2011

By the way, bienvenido al foro. - Yeser007, Jul 25, 2011

Answer 5

I'm just asking for an English translation. My native language is Spanish

Answer 6

I think "you can't win for losing" is pretty much alike "no gano para disgustos"

Answer 7

I see it like our idiom Take 2 steps forward and 3 steps back. You just can't get ahead. Just my opinion

Answer 8

I'm just asking for an English translation. My native language is Spanish

Bienvenido al foro

te rogamos ir a tu perfil para darnos más información, gracias

Con este trabajo no gano para disgustos.

This job...I just can't bear it any more, I am fed up with this situation.

I will call some native speakers to the thread

Answer 9

How about "can't catch a break"?