el mueco tiene caja de dientes

13:27 Apr 4, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Español colombiano a inglés normal
Spanish term or phrase: el mueco tiene caja de dientes
Me ha costado trabajo encontrar acepciones para "mueco" (no tiene dientes) y "caja de dientes" como le decimos en Colombia a las prótesis dentales completas. Les agradezco sugerencias.
Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
Local time: 17:49


Summary of answers provided
2 +1the toothless man/person has/is wearing dentures/false teeth
liz askew
2the worm has turned
Carol Gullidge


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the toothless man/person has/is wearing dentures/false teeth


Explanation:
is this what you're after?

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Note added at 27 mins (2014-04-04 13:54:33 GMT)
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i.e

full set of dentures

full set of false teeth

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Phoenix III: Toothless/dentures is correct, why the 2?
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the worm has turned


Explanation:
I'm assuming that since this has been posted under "Idioms" that you're looking for an equivalent idiom in English.

The worm has turned means that a former underdog/victim has now become the attacker (and is the underdog no longer!)

Other possibilities (without further context):

The non-starter has now got legs (very idiomatic meaning that something (e.g., a project?) that looked impossible now has distinct possibilities - and may even go on to be a huge success

The flop has become a hit (referring to, e.g. a stage production or film that suddenly started to draw in the crowds after being a box-office failure

etc, etc

If we knew the context, these ideas could be honed more appropriately!

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 138
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