como dos y dos son cuatro — meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  SpainLatin Americageneralneutralcolloquial
  • Indicating that something is obvious, indisputable, or self-evident, comparable to the certainty of the arithmetic fact that two plus two equals four.
  • Used to assert that a conclusion follows logically and plainly from the facts.

  Examples

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  • Que el sol sale por el este es como dos y dos son cuatro, nadie lo pone en duda.

    That the sun rises in the east is as certain as two plus two equals four; no one doubts it.

  • Decir que si estudias vas a aprobar es como dos y dos son cuatro, es algo obvio para todos.

    Saying that if you study you'll pass is as obvious as two plus two equals four, everyone knows that.

  • Cuando me dijo que el agua moja, pensé que era como dos y dos son cuatro; es algo demasiado evidente.

    When he told me water wets, I thought it was as obvious as two plus two equals four; it's something too evident.