echar pestes contra
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Although I get the gist from the below, could someone give a bit of explanation to the use of 'presa de' and 'echar pestes contra'
...que repartía los naipes con sonoros chasquidos cuando jugaba al póquer hasta que Joe el Hambriento acabó por desintegrarse presa de convolsiones bajo su efecto acumulativo y empezó a echar pestes contra él para que dejara de hacer aquellos ruidos.
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The guy Joe el hambrieto lost it and began cursing to make the dealer stop all his card dealing drama. Or lost it and protested loudly to put a stop to the card dealing drama
never mind- I am not getting involve in this one
tad said:
samdie said:
In the Catch-22 passage, however, Hungry Joe was, indeed, angry.
Indeed, it follows with:'¡Eres un h.d.p., lo haces porque me molesta! 'chillaba Joe el Hambriento...
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samdie said:
In the Catch-22 passage, however, Hungry Joe was, indeed, angry.
Indeed, it follows with:
'¡Eres un h.d.p., lo haces porque me molesta! 'chillaba Joe el Hambriento...
lazarus1907 said:
samdie said:
It's by an American author about American airmen. As far as I know "to slag off" has not managed to cross (westward) the Atlantic.
Didn't know. Anyway, the expression means to criticize, to talk bad things about others, not to curse; you don't have to be angry or rude.
I neglected to mention that, in it's discussion of slag (as a verb), the OED offers "to bad mouth" (in this context, it could also be "he began bad mouthing...") That expression is definitely used in the U.S.
In the Catch-22 passage, however, Hungry Joe was, indeed, angry.
lazarus1907 said:
samdie said:
It's by an American author about American airmen. As far as I know "to slag off" has not managed to cross (westward) the Atlantic.
Didn't know. Anyway, the expression means to criticize, to talk bad things about others, not to curse; you don't have to be angry or rude.
Well both make more sense than to throw out plagues....but yes I think to slag off is still only (slightly crude)British English ...still not sure about presa de -something like to fall prey to'
samdie said:
It's by an American author about American airmen. As far as I know "to slag off" has not managed to cross (westward) the Atlantic.
Didn't know. Anyway, the expression means to criticize, to talk bad things about others, not to curse; you don't have to be angry or rude.
lazarus1907 said:
Rather than cursing, I'd say:
... began slagging him off so that...
It's by an American author about American airmen. As far as I know "to slag off" has not managed to cross (westward) the Atlantic.
Rather than cursing, I'd say:
... began slagging him off so that...
Tad,
Here goes my attempt at this:
...dealing the cards with cracking sounds while playing poker until Joe ended up falling apart, seized by convulsions under the cumulative effect and he began to curse him so that he would stop making those noises.
Corrections please!
