Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
No me chupo el dedo
English translation:
I wasn\'t born yesterday
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Ramon Somoza
Dec 28, 2014 02:55
9 yrs ago
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Spanish term
chuparse el dedo
Spanish to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
I need to know the English equivalent to "chuparse el dedo", such as in "No me puedes engañar, que yo no me chupo el dedo".
I am not seeking the literal translation but rather an equivalent to this expression, which means something akin to "you can't trick me, I'm no longer a baby".
I am not seeking the literal translation but rather an equivalent to this expression, which means something akin to "you can't trick me, I'm no longer a baby".
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Dec 28, 2014 07:00: philgoddard changed "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
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Gisela Bocco
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
Efficiency, accuracy and quality
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Standard-Spain, Argentine, US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
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I wasn't born yesterday
In this case I would use "i wasn't born yesterday",
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Susie Rawson
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mindyjones
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Jessica Noyes
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Thanks Jussica!
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Rosario Meriles
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Gracias Rosario!
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Gracias!
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Thayenga
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Wendy Streitparth
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Carol Gullidge
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Thanks Carol 👍
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Charles Davis
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Thanks Charles!
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James A. Walsh
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neilmac
: Great movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Yesterday_(1950_film)
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Thanks for both, your agree and the movie recomendation!
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teju
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Chris Maddux
: I may have been born at night but it wasn't last night haha.
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Thanks Chris...love your option...
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George Rabel
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Thank you George!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, this is the kind of expression I was looking for.
Also thanks to everybody else who responded."
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Phoenix III
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
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English
United States
True words...
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
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Works in: Spanish to English, Spanish, English, and 1 more.
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I'm not a baby.
In a different context it would have been "finger licking" good.
However, here it means I'm not dumb that you can stick a finger in my mouth. Or I'm not as gullible as a child [a suckling].
However, here it means I'm not dumb that you can stick a finger in my mouth. Or I'm not as gullible as a child [a suckling].
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
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I didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday
Another one. (79,400 hits, so I'm not making this up)
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Charles Davis
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Gisela Bocco
: New TO me too... I'm writing it down!
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Thanks, Gisela!
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neilmac
: The version I knew fell off a "banana boat", which would be rather un-PC nowadays...
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Thanks for the comment, Neil. I didn't really expect any "agrees"!
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Accredited translators 20 yrs experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
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Otra expresión: There are no flies on me!
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Ana Vozone
Works in field
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
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I'm a big boy/girl now...
Or, alternatively,
You can't fool me, I'm all grown up now...
You can't fool me, I'm all grown up now...
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Marian Martin (X)
: Sounds natural to my ear.
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Many thanks, Marian!
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Discussion
Idiom Definitions for 'Fall off the turnip truck'
If someone has just fallen off the turnip truck, they are uninformed, naive and gullible. (Often used in the negative)
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/fall off the tu...