sin comerlo ni beberlo: meaning & examples

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Language: Spanish

Meanings:

  • 1.

    Pan-HispanicneutralMachine
    • Literal meaning: not having eaten it nor drunk it; a plain statement about food or drink.

    Examples

    Beta

    • No he probado ese plato sin comerlo ni beberlo, así que no sé cómo sabe.

      I haven't tried that dish without eating it or drinking it, so I don't know how it tastes.

    • Ella llegó a la reunión sin comerlo ni beberlo, simplemente estaba en el lugar equivocado.

      She arrived at the meeting without having eaten or drunk anything, she was just in the wrong place.

    • El perro estaba sin comerlo ni beberlo cuando de repente comenzó a ladrar sin razón aparente.

      The dog was not eating or drinking when suddenly it started barking for no apparent reason.

    • Sin comerlo ni beberlo, me encontré con todos mis amigos en el parque.

      Without having eaten or drunk, I ran into all my friends in the park.

  • 2.

    Pan-HispaniccolloquialMachine
    • Figurative meaning: to have something happen to one without one's involvement, intention, or consent; to be affected or implicated unexpectedly or unwillingly.

    Examples

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    • Sin comerlo ni beberlo, me asignaron un nuevo proyecto que no esperaba.

      Without my involvement, I was assigned a new project that I did not expect.

    • Juan fue despedido sin comerlo ni beberlo, sin haber cometido ningún error.

      Juan was fired without any fault of his own, without having made any mistake.

    • Sin comerlo ni beberlo, terminó siendo el responsable de todo el lío en la oficina.

      Without intending to, he ended up being responsible for all the mess in the office.

Examples:

  • ES: Y sin comerlo ni beberlo.
    EN: Poor innocent beast!
  • ES: Casi me abren la cabeza sin comerlo ni beberlo.
    EN: They almost killed me even though I had nothing to do with it.
  • ES: Es normal, imagine que aparece un ángel y le anuncia que va a ser madre sin comerlo ni beberlo.
    EN: Only natural. An angel tells you you're having a baby when you never even asked.
  • ES: En fin, que sin comerlo ni beberlo, empezamos a enrollarnos.
    EN: Anyway, somehow or other, We... Started making out.
  • ES: Y menos de 20 años después... su humilde y querido nieto, Samuel Katelbach, sin comerlo ni beberlo y casi de un día para otro, termina siendo miembro de una célula revolucionaria.
    EN: And 20 years later, his unworthy grandson Samuel Katelbach becomes a member of a revolutionary cell without his own doing and overnight, so to speak.

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