de aquellos polvos, estos lodos

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Literally, from those powders, these muds.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /de aˌkeʝos ˌpolbos | ˌestos ˈlodos/ [d̪e aˌke.ʝos ˌpol.β̞os | ˌes.t̪os ˈlo.ð̞os]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /de aˌkeʎos ˌpolbos | ˌestos ˈlodos/ [d̪e aˌke.ʎos ˌpol.β̞os | ˌes.t̪os ˈlo.ð̞os]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /de aˌkeʃos ˌpolbos | ˌestos ˈlodos/ [d̪e aˌke.ʃos ˌpol.β̞os | ˌes.t̪os ˈlo.ð̞os]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /de aˌkeʒos ˌpolbos | ˌestos ˈlodos/ [d̪e aˌke.ʒos ˌpol.β̞os | ˌes.t̪os ˈlo.ð̞os]

  • Syllabification: de a‧que‧llos pol‧vos, es‧tos lo‧dos

Proverb

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de aquellos polvos, estos lodos

  1. (idiomatic) the chickens come home to roost

See also

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