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como la guayabera

English translation: left hanging out to dry

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Spanish term or phrase:como la guayabera
English translation:left hanging out to dry
Entered by: Lydia De Jorge

01:46 Jan 5, 2012
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2012-01-08 18:54:09 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Slang / investment
Spanish term or phrase: como la guayabera
From either Venezuela or Costa Rica (unclear), this is a text and sentence with a lot of slang usage, and clearly, guayabera as a shirt definitely doesn't cut it. Can anyone help me with a good English phrase for this use?

"...nos joden por el lado del pricing de mercado despues de que ellos son los que dan la información, y nos volvemos a quedar como la guayabera, con riesgo financiero y de reputación..."
Karen Friedman
United States
Local time: 09:25
left hanging out to dry
Explanation:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hang_out_to_dry
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 08:25
Grading comment
This is exactly the term I used, even before it was posted. Great minds think alike? Perfect answer! Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5left hanging out to dry
Lydia De Jorge
4 +3left out, excluded
anademahomar
5 +1as excluded as hell
Juan Pablo Sans


Discussion entries: 2





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
left out, excluded


Explanation:
por fuera como la guayabera.

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-01-05 01:59:55 GMT)
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"Se quedó como la guayabera"
Nota: Denota que una persona no toma parte en una reunión o queda excluido de algún grupo o asociación. La guayabera es una camisa tropical que se lleva por fuera del pantalón.
Variante: "Se quedó como los interiores de Superman"

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-01-05 02:00:27 GMT)
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http://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Proverbios_venezolanos

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Note added at 15 mins (2012-01-05 02:02:04 GMT)
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vas a quedar como la guayabera
You're going to look like the yellow guayabera: proverb to indicate to a person who is to stay on the outside; in a loving
relationship, in a job, a business or in the distribution of an inheritance. It is said this sentence, because the yellow
guayabera, garment of Cuban origin, is always used on the outside.
http://www.wordmeaning.org/ebook.asp?Id=9538

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Note added at 16 mins (2012-01-05 02:02:49 GMT)
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maybe even "on the outside looking in"

anademahomar
Honduras
Local time: 07:25
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DLyons
9 mins
  -> Thank you much, DLyons
agree  Yvonne Becker
28 mins
  -> Thank you, Yvonne.
agree  Kathy Leiva: The idiom in full is "left out in the cold".
1 day 3 hrs
  -> En efecto, mil gracias
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
as excluded as hell


Explanation:
If you want to imitate the register, maybe you could adapt the content to the English reality

Juan Pablo Sans
Mexico
Local time: 09:25
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Benjamin A Flores
27 mins
  -> Thanks
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
left hanging out to dry


Explanation:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hang_out_to_dry

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 08:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 102
Grading comment
This is exactly the term I used, even before it was posted. Great minds think alike? Perfect answer! Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Great! Right meaning (abandoned, left exposed, at risk) and right register.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Charles! Happy New Year!
agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Alistair!
agree  James A. Walsh
3 hrs
  -> Cheers!
agree  Robert Copeland
15 hrs
  -> Happy New Year, Robert!
agree  anademahomar: Excelente
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Thank you Ana! Happy New Year!
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