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fetch and carry
Language:
Meanings:
1.
UK
US
general
neutral
To go and retrieve items and bring them to someone; to run errands involving fetching and carrying.
2.
UK
US
general
informal
derogatory
idiomatic
To perform menial tasks or act as a submissive servant, often serving someone obsequiously.
3.
historical
UK
archaic
To convey gossip or reports from one person to another; to bear tales.
Examples:
EN:
If one of you lot wants to fetch and carry for that impossible old man, then you're welcome
ES:
Si alguno quiere servir a ese viejo imposible, puede hacerlo.
EN:
I'm just here to fetch and carry. "Send the new girl."
ES:
Sólo estoy aquí para llevar cosas, "Envía a la muchacha nueva",
EN:
But, don't I tell you? I must have two, to fetch and carry.
ES:
¿Pero no te lo estoy diciendo?
EN:
There's nobody here to fetch and carry for you.
ES:
Aquí no hay nadie que les haga de recadero.
EN:
It ain't my job to fetch and carry for Mr. Curly Headed Artist.
ES:
No es mi trabajo ir a buscar a ese artistucho con rizos.
EN:
You want me back only to put up with your tempers... and pick up your slippers and fetch and carry for you.
ES:
Si desea volver a tenerme deberá controlar su genio... eliminar sus groserías y tratarme con dignidad.
EN:
Mostly she's used us to fetch and carry.
ES:
Nos ha usado para llevarle cosas.
EN:
Especially men who'll fetch and carry for them and be tamed as a dog about the house but I don't want your pity, thank you!
ES:
especialmente los hombres que están como un perro alrededor de la casa.
EN:
There's nobody here to fetch and carry for you.
ES:
Aquí no hay nadie que les haga de recadero.
EN:
It ain't my job to fetch and carry for Mr. Curly Headed Artist.
ES:
No es mi trabajo ir a buscar a ese artistucho con rizos.
EN:
You want me back only to put up with your tempers... and pick up your slippers and fetch and carry for you.
ES:
Si desea volver a tenerme deberá controlar su genio... eliminar sus groserías y tratarme con dignidad.
EN:
Mostly she's used us to fetch and carry.
ES:
Nos ha usado para llevarle cosas.
EN:
Especially men who'll fetch and carry for them and be tamed as a dog about the house but I don't want your pity, thank you!
ES:
especialmente los hombres que están como un perro alrededor de la casa.
EN:
Seems nothing but fetch and carry for your gentleman friend.
ES:
No hace otra cosa que atender a su gentil amigo.
EN:
"How to make him fetch and carry.
ES:
Cómo hacer que traiga cosas.
EN:
You want me back to pick up your slippers and put up with your tempers and fetch and carry for you.
ES:
Quiere que vuelva, recoja sus zapatillas, me enfrente a su mal humor y le obedezca.
EN:
If you don't mind my saying, it's beneath the dignity of a peace officer to fetch and carry fuel.
ES:
Si no te importa que lo diga, no corresponde a un agente de la ley cortar y cargar leña.
EN:
Letting him bully me, make me fetch and carry for him, shout at me, laugh, all made it so he needed me.
ES:
Al permitir que se metiese conmigo, me obligase a hacerle los recados, me gritase y se riese de mí, eso provocó que me necesitase.
EN:
Oh mistress that I serve, who makes my labours pleasure. If only this. Let me fetch and carry for you.
ES:
mi tarea será placentera déjame ser quien haga tus mandados
EN:
That is why I employ you, to fetch and carry.
ES:
Para eso te empleé, para traer y cargar cosas.
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