saber más que los ratones colorados: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- Figurative: to consider oneself excessively knowledgeable or clever, often with an ironic or dismissive tone toward that claimed superiority.
Examples
BetaNo te creas tan listo, no sabes más que los ratones colorados como crees.
Don't think you're so clever; you don't know more than the red mice as you believe.
María siempre actúa como si supiera más que los ratones colorados, pero a veces se equivoca.
María always acts as if she knows more than the red mice, but sometimes she is wrong.
No me vengas con actitudes de saber más que los ratones colorados, que todos cometemos errores.
Don't come to me with attitudes of knowing more than the red mice; we all make mistakes.
- Literal: to know more than the red mice; a playful, literal image referring to rodents labeled 'colorados' (red).
Examples
BetaEn el cuento, los ratones colorados son personajes que saben más que nadie sobre el laberinto.
In the story, the red mice are characters who know more than anyone about the labyrinth.
¿Has visto cómo los ratones colorados evitan las trampas en el sótano? Saben más que los gatos.
Have you seen how the red mice avoid traps in the basement? They know more than the cats.
Los ratones colorados viven en las paredes y parecen saber más que el resto de los roedores.
The red mice live in the walls and seem to know more than the rest of the rodents.
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