Since I've started my Spanish class, I've been learning tons of expressions and sayings in Spanish. Learning them, however, is actually a bit challenging as they often don't really make a whole lot of sense literally. As such, I've decided to start a section for my blog called the "REFRÁN DEL DÍA," or the saying of the day. I figure if I start posting them and explaining the translation, I'll remember them better.
Of the ones I've learned so far, some are exactly the same as in English, some have the same meaning but are stated differently, and others are completely different. Hopefully y'all will find this interesting and who knows, maybe you'll even be able to put one to use one day!
On that note, I'll post my first one today! Juanmi taught me this one yesterday...
The literal translation: "I start a circus and the midgets go and grow on me."
What does it mean?: "Man, I've got bad luck."
The logic: I guess here, midgets are/were at one point in time considered to be a spectacle of some sort at the circus. So, if someone says that they start a circus and then their little people grow, I guess no one would want to go see their circus. Thus, they've got bad luck. Interesting logic.
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