Squirmelia ([info]squirmelia) wrote,
@ 2009-06-01 16:53:00
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Entry tags:idioms, language, phrases, tagalog, words

Idioms
Are you winking at the darkness, gathering sweet potatoes or less than seven, more than eight?

kulang sa pito labis sa walo - very crazy or idiotic. (Literally, less than seven, more than eight.)
kumindat sa dilim - to be disappointed (Literally, wink at darkness.)
mangamote - to gather sweet potatoes, or to reveal one's stupidity.


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mangamote
[info]pond876
2009-06-01 08:58 am UTC (link)
I dispute that logic! Sweet potatoes (and by extension, those that gather them), are pretty awesome ^_^

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Re: mangamote
[info]fivemack
2009-06-01 10:23 am UTC (link)
I wonder if it's a variant on 'it doesn't take much brain to sneak up on a potato'

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Re: mangamote
[info]squirmelia
2009-06-02 12:37 am UTC (link)
I just asked someone who actually speaks Tagalog. :) She said that it is kind of like if you don't study and pass your exams, you will end up having to just gather sweet potatoes.

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Re: mangamote
[info]squirmelia
2009-06-01 01:06 pm UTC (link)
Indeed!

It also said something like "reveal dull-mindedness, for example, in exams." So perhaps if you fail exams, you will end up having to work as a sweet potato farmer? Hmm.

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[info]twisted_times
2009-06-01 11:13 am UTC (link)

That just sounds as mad as a bag of badgers...

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[info]ixamxfe_y
2009-06-06 02:45 am UTC (link)
I've done/been all three.

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