Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a punto de llegar a la plegaria de los dinosaurios
English translation:
on the brink of extinction (just like the dinosaurs)
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Adam Burman
Jul 10, 2006 09:42
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Spanish term
United Kingdom
a punto de llegar a la plegaria de los dinosaurios
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Conservation
Sí, hay tiempo, y alguna vez alguien me dijo que estábamos a punto de llegar a la plegaria de los dinosaurios, y yo le dije no, no vamos a llegar a la famosa plegaria de los dinosaurios, que... señor, por favor, danos un poquito mas de tiempo, pero los dinosaurios no lo tuvieron, entonces nosotros no vamos a llegar a eso, yo estoy convencido porque hay una gran cantidad de jóvenes y niños que piensan como yo pienso, y van a tener la suerte de lograr la sostenibilidad.
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Edward Tully
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on the brink of extinction (just like the dinosaurs)
think this is the "plegaria famosa" here - difficult to include dinosaurs tho!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Very helpful. Thanks Edward. I left out the dinosaurs in the end!"
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the end of the world (see exp)
I think it means the end of the world, the big earthquake, the final day. Just as it happened when the dinosaurs where around: They all disappeared after the biggest cataclysm ever... and they had no time to pray! ;-)
29 mins
about to suffer the fate of the dinosaurs
VDH's Private Papers::
They should suffer the same fate of ostracism, not bemused and tacit approval. ... No, the problem with our Left is what killed the dinosaurs: a desire to ...
www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson123004.html - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
Dems and dinosaurs
Dems and dinosaurs. As a lifelong Democrat — I can’t help it, ... to reinvent itself at the dawn of the 21st century, or suffer the fate of the dinosaurs. ...
www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Comment/AlbertEisel... - 33k - Cached - Similar pages
They should suffer the same fate of ostracism, not bemused and tacit approval. ... No, the problem with our Left is what killed the dinosaurs: a desire to ...
www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson123004.html - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
Dems and dinosaurs
Dems and dinosaurs. As a lifelong Democrat — I can’t help it, ... to reinvent itself at the dawn of the 21st century, or suffer the fate of the dinosaurs. ...
www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Comment/AlbertEisel... - 33k - Cached - Similar pages
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we are about to beg like the dinosaurs
please god, give us a little more time
El significado está claro. Me gusta cómo lo dice Ruth: "about to suffer the fate of the dinosaurs", y si yo fuera tú, lo usaría, pero en algún momento vas a tener que decir algo como lo que yo propongo porque tienes esa línea con el rezo.
El significado está claro. Me gusta cómo lo dice Ruth: "about to suffer the fate of the dinosaurs", y si yo fuera tú, lo usaría, pero en algún momento vas a tener que decir algo como lo que yo propongo porque tienes esa línea con el rezo.
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Nedra Rivera Huntington
United States
United States
Native in English
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United States
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Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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were/found ourselves in the same position as the dinosaurs ... begging/praying/pleading
If you want to stay with the prayer concept.
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