Somos el pasto de cajas de pino

Question

Does anyone know what this means? I know what the translation is in English but it still doesn't make sense to me.

Answer 1

As francobollo said is the filler. We use to say:

Están de relleno - Think about a movie where the main actors are sitted on a table and there is a lot of people in other tables doing nothing they are just there to fill up.

We can use it to express we are useless, we're not important in some situation.

Acá estamos de relleno./ Acá estamos de sobra.

We can use it if we feel we have been despised, invited to participate in some situation to reduce empty spaces.

Nos pusieron de relleno.

Oh, like "rent a crowd"? - Sheily, May 11, 2013

Thanks! - lizarey, May 12, 2013

Answer 2

Somos pasto para las cajas de pino = We are food for the death.

Literally: We are pasture for the caskets.

Pasto= pasture

Caja de pino = ataúd (coffin, casket)

Thank you :) - lizarey, May 12, 2013

Answer 3

I've heard this many times to say: We are nothing. Literally I think it is: We are pasture for coffins

Answer 4

Wine boxes are made out of pine tree wood. The hay they use as a filler is called pasto.

Thank you!! - lizarey, May 11, 2013