been to the rodeo | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Been exposed toconmenandhucksters;experienced.1950, Melbourne S. Applegate,Helping Boys in Trouble: The Layman in Boy Guidance, page35:Some years ago I was talking to a ten-year-old boy who hadbeen to the Rodeo. He was a lad whom most casual observers would readily have called tough.2002, Vincent Lardo, Lawrence Sanders,McNally's Chance:I'm a man past his prime who'sbeen to the rodeoand back, as they say. I've been an actor, a bartender, a maitre d', and a hustler, without much success at any of them.n.d., Alan Neff,Precious Tribes, Vicious Lies, page 72I was one of the few graduating privates promoted from Army class El to E-2. To paraphrase Joan Crawford, I'dbeen to the rodeoand survived.

Examples:

EN: Well, I've been to the rodeo... twice!
ES: Pues he ido al rodeo. Dos veces.
EN: - I've never been to the rodeo.
ES: Jamás he estado en un rodeo.
EN: You never been to the rodeo.
ES: ¿Cómo lo sabes? Nunca has estado - en un rodeo.
EN: You know, I've never actually been to the rodeo...
ES: ¿Saben? Nunca he estado en el rodeo...
EN: You know, I've never actually been to the rodeo--
ID: Kau tahu, aku belum pernah ke rodeo--
EN: -[Bartise] Oh shit! -[Matt] Never really been to the rodeo.
ID: Belum pernah ke rodeo.
EN: [laughing] [SK] I've never been to the rodeo.
ID: Aku belum pernah ke rodeo.
EN: Were you even dumped at the rodeo? No, I've never been dumped, or been to the rodeo. No.
ID: - Kau dicampakkan di rodeo?

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