{"id":6734,"date":"2013-04-15T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=6734"},"modified":"2014-07-15T15:28:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T19:28:04","slug":"how-do-you-say-as-blind-as-a-bat-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/how-do-you-say-as-blind-as-a-bat-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you say &#8220;as blind as a bat&#8221; in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hey everybody! Did you have a good weekend?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We all know that knowing many words and word combinations helps a lot when we are trying to speak a foreign language.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In English we say expressions like<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>as<\/strong> blind <strong>as<\/strong> a bat.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> as<\/strong> cool <strong>as<\/strong> a cucumber.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> as<\/strong> right <strong>as<\/strong> rain.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> as<\/strong> mad <strong>as<\/strong> a hatter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Spanish we also have several comparisons like this too, using <strong>m\u00e1s<\/strong>\u00a0&#8230; <strong>que<\/strong> (more &#8230; than). It is very important that you know them so you can take your Spanish to a whole new level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check them out!<\/p>\n<p>m\u00e1s alegre que unas casta\u00f1elas <em>[happy]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s amarillo que la cera <em>[yellow]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s apretado que guano de cabra<em> [stingy]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s arrugado que una pasa <em>[wrinkled]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s borracho que una cuba <em>[drunk]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s ciego que un topo <em>[blind]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s colorado que un tomate <em>[embarrassed]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s delgado que un fideo <em>[thin]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s derecho que una vela <em>[straight &#8211; upright]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s duro que una piedra <em>[hard]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s feo que un coche f\u00fanebre <em>[ugly]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s feo que un dolor de muelas <em>[ugly]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s largo que un d\u00eda sin pan <em>[long]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s listo que el hambre <em>[ready]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s loco que una cabra<em> [crazy]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s manso que un cordero <em>[docile]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s pesado que una vaca en brazos <em>[annoying]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s terco que una mula<em> [stubborn]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s tonto que hacerle la permanente a un calvo <em>[useless, stupid]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s vago que la chaqueta de un guardia <em>[broad, loose]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s viejo que cagar agachado <em>[old &#8211; a little vulgar]<\/em><br \/>\nm\u00e1s viejo que Matusal\u00e9n<em> [old]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Have you ever heard any of the expressions above? Leave a comment and let us know!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Want more free resources to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/learn-spanish\/\">learn Spanish<\/a>? Check out the other goodies we offer to help make your language learning efforts a daily habit.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everybody! Did you have a good weekend?! We all know that knowing many words and word combinations helps a lot when we are trying to speak a foreign language. 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