Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
(no) todo el monte es orégano
English translation:
life is (not) all a bowl of cherries
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María Cielo Pipet
May 19, 2006 22:38
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Spanish term
todo el monte es oregano
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
Presentation about negotiation techniques
El comprador "envalentonado", despues de obtener una concesion sin contrapartida, puede pensar que todo el monte es oregano.
I know it's an idiom..?!! TIA
I know it's an idiom..?!! TIA
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María Cielo Pipet
Argentina
Argentina
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Argentina
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life IS all a bowl of cherries
Acá se está jugando con la expresión "NO es orégano todo el monte / NO todo el monte es orégano": "expr. U. para expresar que no todo es fácil o placentero en un asunto" (DRAE), pero se utiliza en forma afirmativa: el comprador puede pensar que SÍ lo es.
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Maria Bedoya
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Gabriela Mejías
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Comment: "I'm going with the majority here - plus my own hunch of the meaning!! Many thanks to all :)))"
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Claudia Aguero
Costa Rica
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Costa Rica
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not everything is a piece of cake
no todo el monte es orégano loc. col. Expresión que da a entender que no todo es fácil o placentero en un asunto:
tiene defectos,no vayas a pensar que todo el monte es orégano.
tiene defectos,no vayas a pensar que todo el monte es orégano.
Example sentence:
http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/monte
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
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US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
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life isn't all a bowl of cherries
Oxford Dictionary
todo (en) el monte es orégano life isn’t all a bowl of cherries
Mike :)
todo (en) el monte es orégano life isn’t all a bowl of cherries
Mike :)
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no thorns among the roses
se me ocurre algo que se entendería, que significa lo mismo sin dar lugar a confusiones...
the buyer... might think that there are no thorns among the roses
the buyer... might think that there are no thorns among the roses
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it's all clear sailing
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1 day 12 hrs
all that glitters is gold
just another suggestion of an english idiom
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