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de Guatemala a Guatepeor
Language:
es
1.
Spain
Latin America
informal
colloquial
To go from bad to worse; to move from an already unfavorable situation to an even more unfavorable one.
Examples:
ES:
Me parece que vamos de Guatemala a Guatepeor.
EN:
I have the unhappy feeling we're going out of the frying pan into the fire.
ES:
- Pues sí: de Guatemala a Guatepeor.
EN:
- Just as I thought. - Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
ES:
-Sí. Sí, pasamos de Guatemala a Guatepeor.
EN:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
ES:
Pasamos de Guatemala a Guatepeor, doña Leda.
EN:
We've gone from bad to worse, Ms. Leda.
ES:
¿Me estáis llevando de Guatemala a Guatepeor?
EN:
Oh, so you're rescuing me by taking me out of the panic room and into the panic.
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