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Rascarse con sus propias uñas (uno ha de valerse por si mismo)
To refuse to face something, by pretending not to see it.
Colombian in origin, I think.
The saying is actually "clothes make the man" and it means to remember that people make judgments based on appearances ("judge a book...
From Chile, as far as I know.
Quizás es una traducción literaria. For instance in the folowing case the correct translate is -De tal palo tal astilla-The apple doesn´t fall far...
¿Puedes también significa "everybody stand up and give him a hand it was a great speech"?
http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=5685
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Suppose someone is learning English and I tell them that a friend kicked the bucket and is now pushing up daisies. They might logically think that my friend propelled a bucket with a lower appendage and is now busy elevating small white and yellow flowers-- unless they have the previous cultural knowledge to understand the real meaning of these phrases.
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