de higos a brevas: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- Very infrequently; rarely; occurring only on occasion.
Examples
BetaSolo nos vemos de higos a brevas porque vivimos en ciudades diferentes y tenemos agendas ocupadas.
We only see each other very infrequently because we live in different cities and have busy schedules.
De higos a brevas me doy un descanso y me voy a la playa, aunque no es seguido.
Once in a blue moon, I take a break and go to the beach, although not often.
Los vecinos se saludan de higos a brevas, pues casi no coinciden en horarios.
The neighbors greet each other very rarely, as they hardly overlap schedules.
Examples:
- ES: -Ocurre de higos a brevas.EN: - It happens when the moon is blue.
- ES: De nada, ya te dije que mi suegra no tocaba esa caja más que de higos a brevas.EN: You're welcome, I already told you that my mother-in-law only touched that box at random.
- ES: Porque te veo de higos a brevas.EN: Because I never see you.
- ES: Algo que deberías haber aprendido de estar casada conmigo es que, asombrosamente, a veces, muy de higos a brevas, la confianza puede joderse.EN: And one thing that you should have learned from being married to me is that shockingly... sometimes, just once in a blue moon, trust can be misplaced.
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