Practice not being too literal #4
As my title says, I am trying to learn to not be literal in translations, so every day I will post a saying in English and ask for suggestions as to how to convey the thought in Spanish. At the end of the day, I will pick the answer that I think most accurately reflects the idea, and I will choose it as best answer for 20 points to the respondent.
It was so challenging yesterday to pick a best answer. Keep up the good work!
Today, the phrase is "Cat got your tongue?". For all of my Spanish speaking friends, in English we say this when someone has nothing to say to something that is said to them. For instance, someone teases a friend, and the friend can not think of a witty reply. The teaser would say, "Cat got your tongue?".
Another example would be when a child has done something wrong, and is getting in trouble. If they don't have an answer for the accusation, the parent might say, "Cat got your tongue?"
Have fun!
8 Answers
¿Qué te pasa? ¿Ya no sabes hablar?
What's wrong? Did you forget how to speak?
¿Te ha comido la lengua el gato?
Has the cat eaten your tongue?
¿Has perdido el habla?
Have you lost your ability to speak?
There are many ways, but these are the best for me.
¿Te comieron la lengua?
¿Por qué te has quedado mudo?
El gato te comio la lengua, o las rata te comerion la lengua.
¿Estás conmocionado? ¿No puedas hablar?
I know that we already have a winning translation...here's mine anyway 
¿Y ahora...no tienes nada que decir?
¿Que pasa?
Once again, it was really hard to choose the answer that I thought best represented the English saying, but someone has to win a game!!
Thanks to all for playing and play again!
