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HUMOR PHRASES

Orly Borges Personal Collection

Enjoy this short collection of humor phrases
and
spice up your working day
.

Be nice to your kids.
They'll choose your nursing home.

For people who like peace and quiet:
a phoneless cord.

Budget: A method for going broke methodically.

Few women admit their age.
Few men act it.

I don't suffer from insanity.
I enjoy every minute of it.

If at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished !!

Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.

Press any key...
No, no, no, NOT THAT ONE !!

Source: Orly Borges Personal Collection

GLOSSARY

spice up: make more interesting (realzar, hacer más interesante)
nursing home: an institution where old people are cared for (geriátrico)
phoneless cord
: this is a pun (humorous play on words); here it plays with "cordless phone" ("cable sin teléfono", en lugar de teléfono inalámbrico)
budget: a summary of intended expenditures (presupuesto)
going broke: being without any money (quedarse sin un céntimo)

act it: behave in accordance with their age (actúan de acuerdo con su edad)
fools: people easily tricked or cheated (tontos)
DO succeed: (emphatic use) really reach your goal or objective mud (realmente te va bien)
not to look astonished: not to look amazed or stunned (de no impresionarte)
unique: distinctive and without equal (único/a)
idiot proof: designed for subnormal intelligence (a prueba de tontos)

 

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