ser más raro que un perro verde
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USAGE NOTE
This idiom may be literally translated as "to be as strange as a green dog" and may also be written "ser más raro que perro verde."
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)An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (colloquial) (idiom) (to be very strange) (Chile) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Regionalism used in Chile
Regionalism used in Spain
a. to be an odd duck (colloquial) (idiom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Yo es que no te entiendo, chico. Eres más raro que un perro verde.I just can't understand you, man. You're such an odd duck.
b. to be a weirdo (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Dicen que Paulina es muy inteligente, pero a mí me parece que es más rara que un perro verde.They say Paulina is very intelligent, but I think she's a weirdo.
c. to be a freak (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
¿Viste el peinado que lleva la Sra. Allen? - Ya lo creo que lo vi. A decir verdad, todos los Allen son más raros que perros verdes.Did you see Mrs. Allen's hairdo? - I saw it all right. The Allens are all freaks, if you ask me.
d. to be an oddball (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
¿Te acuerdas de Don Camilo? - ¿El profesor de física? Claro que me acuerdo. Verdaderamente era más raro que un perro verde.Do you remember Mr. Camilo? - The physics teacher? Of course I remember him. He was a real oddball.
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