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todo el monte es oregano

English translation: life is (not) all a bowl of cherries

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Spanish term or phrase:(no) todo el monte es orégano
English translation:life is (not) all a bowl of cherries
Entered by: María Cielo Pipet

22:38 May 19, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Presentation about negotiation techniques
Spanish term or phrase: todo el monte es oregano
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
Lorna Thomson
Local time: 09:25
life IS all a bowl of cherries
Explanation:
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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María Cielo Pipet
Argentina
Local time: 05:25
Grading comment
I'm going with the majority here - plus my own hunch of the meaning!! Many thanks to all :)))
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2life IS all a bowl of cherries
María Cielo Pipet
4not everything is a piece of cake
Claudia Aguero
4life isn't all a bowl of cherries
Michael Powers (PhD)
4all that glitters is gold
cw010 (X)
3no thorns among the roses
Heidi C
3it's all clear sailing
Daniel Burns (X)


Discussion entries: 1





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
not everything is a piece of cake


Explanation:
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.


Example sentence(s):
  • http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/monte
Claudia Aguero
Costa Rica
Local time: 02:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
life isn't all a bowl of cherries


Explanation:
Oxford Dictionary

todo (en) el monte es orégano life isn’t all a bowl of cherries


Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 04:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 109
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
life IS all a bowl of cherries


Explanation:
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.

María Cielo Pipet
Argentina
Local time: 05:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I'm going with the majority here - plus my own hunch of the meaning!! Many thanks to all :)))

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Bedoya: this is the correct way in this case
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Gabriela Mejías
4 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
no thorns among the roses


Explanation:
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

Heidi C
Local time: 04:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
it's all clear sailing


Explanation:
....

Daniel Burns (X)
Local time: 03:25
Native speaker of: English
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1 day 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
all that glitters is gold


Explanation:
just another suggestion of an english idiom

cw010 (X)
Local time: 02:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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