comulgar con ruedas de molino: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  SpainLatin Americaidiomaticcolloquial
  • To accept something highly implausible, objectionable, or difficult to swallow; to put up with a great imposition or falsehood.

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  • No puedo creer que Miguel comulgue con ruedas de molino y acepte ese trato tan injusto.

    I can't believe Miguel accepts something so unfair; he's swallowing a big lie.

  • Si comulgas con ruedas de molino, entonces no me extraña que te hayan engañado tantas veces.

    If you swallow such huge falsehoods, then it's no wonder they've deceived you so many times.

  • Ella siempre comulgaba con ruedas de molino para mantener la paz en la familia, aunque no estuviera de acuerdo.

    She always put up with outrageous things to keep the peace in the family, even if she disagreed.

• 2.

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  • To be willing to tolerate a major concession or compromise that one would normally reject.

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  • Para avanzar en la negociación, tuvieron que comulgar con ruedas de molino y ceder en varios puntos.

    To move forward in the negotiation, they had to tolerate a major compromise and concede on several points.

  • Yo no comulgaría con ruedas de molino si me pidieran renunciar a mis principios, pero él lo hizo por el trabajo.

    I wouldn't be willing to tolerate such a major concession if they asked me to give up my principles, but he did it for the job.

  • A veces, para conseguir lo que queremos, hay que comulgar con ruedas de molino, aunque nos cueste.

    Sometimes, to get what we want, we have to accept major compromises even if it costs us.