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18-Feb-2008, 23:31

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Re: Similar idioms in other languages

In Spain we don't eat our hats, 'we take it off' (expressing admiration or respect towards somebody), but 'we swallow our own words'. We have the one about the camel going through the eye of a needle, but 'encontrar una aguja en un pajar' (sth like to find a needle in a haystack) is more common.

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