Did I write this quote correct

Question

The quote I keep trying to translate doesn't make any sense to me and I'm wondering if I worded it correctly? The quote is "No importa lo grande que te "creas", mas alto es un poste y los perros lo mean!"

Did I write this quote correctLY? :) - ian-hill, Feb 19, 2015

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Answer 1

I'll give it a try but please make us happy: fill in your profile and give us your attempt next time, even if it doesn't make sense to you.

It doesn't matter how big* you think you are, a post** is taller and the dogs pee on it.

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**like a sign post or a lamp post

Corrections are welcome.

:) - ian-hill, Feb 19, 2015

I probably would have said "...how big you think you are, a post is taller...", but I speak American English. :) - bosquederoble, Feb 19, 2015

Post are taller in England too. Nice translation though. - annierats, Feb 19, 2015

Yeeeah, what was I thinking. Thanks, guys. :) - Manity, Feb 19, 2015

I think grande kind of means both things here, big and great, and that the whole structure depends on that double meaning. - Manity, Feb 19, 2015

I agree, and in American English to say someone thinks they are big can imply that they think they are a big deal, ie important. :) - bosquederoble, Feb 19, 2015

He is a big man can mean he is a large man, or he is an important man; He is a great man does not have that double sense, that is why I went with big. But I don't know if that sense of big is American English slang only. - bosquederoble, Feb 19, 2015

Ahh, that's a very valid point. I'll remember that, thanks. :) - Manity, Feb 19, 2015

Answer 2

"No importa lo grande que te "creas", mas alto es un poste y los perros lo mean!"

I would say it like this: No importa lo grande que te creas - entre más alto el poste, más los perros lo mean.

Oh, this sounds a lot better! It would translate to something like "the taller the post, the more..."? - Manity, Feb 19, 2015

"The bigger they are the harder they fall" :)) - ian-hill, Feb 19, 2015