Quien in english

quien¹ = whom ; who. 

Example: The variety of reader places in a library adds interest to the interior but also provide for the many preferences of the users, some of whom seem to prefer a very busy location.Example: This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.

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» A quien corresponda = To Whom it May Concern .

Example: The use of the phrase 'To Whom it May Concern" was once a popular introductory greeting for a business letter or formal correspondence.

» a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm .

Example: According to the idiom 'the early bird catches the worm' we offer a 10% reduction of the course fee for those who apply before 15 July 2007 = De acuerdo con la expresión 'a quien madruga Dios le ayuda' le ofrecemos una reducción del 10% del importe del curso a los que se inscriban antes del 15 de julio del 2007.

» a quien sabe guardar una peseta, nunca le fata(rá) un duro = take care of the pence/pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves .

Example: The popular saying 'Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves' is as true of personal habits as of money .

» honrar a quien honor merece = give + credit where credit is due .

Example: But give credit where credit is due, Berger knows a thing or two about farming.

» honrar a quien honra merece = give + credit where credit is due .

Example: But give credit where credit is due, Berger knows a thing or two about farming.

» no haber nadie a quien acudir = there + be + nobody to turn to .

Example: I had become quite overwrought about this problem and, of course, there was nobody to turn to.

» no tener a quien acudir = have + nobody to turn to ; have + no one to turn to .

Example: Thousands of childen dead, injured and homeless and without carers -- having no place to go to and nobody to turn to.

Example: It's harder when you're all alone and have no one to turn to.

» no tener a quien recurrir = have + nobody to turn to ; have + no one to turn to .

Example: Thousands of childen dead, injured and homeless and without carers -- having no place to go to and nobody to turn to.

Example: It's harder when you're all alone and have no one to turn to.

» quien a hierro mata, a hierro muere = those who live by the sword die by the sword .

Example: The death of the deposed Libyan leader on Thursday brings to life the old saying that those who live by the sword, die by the sword.

» quien algo quiere algo le cuesta = no pain, no gain ; no pain without gain .

Example: 'The old adage 'no pain, no gain' should be less relevant as we age than when we're younger,' Lonner said = "El viejo dicho popular "quien algo quiere algo le cuesta" debería ser menos importante a medida que envejecemos que cuando somos más jóvenes", dijo Lonner .

Example: Some people would call this madness, but David believes there is no gain without pain.

» quienes = whom .

Example: The variety of reader places in a library adds interest to the interior but also provide for the many preferences of the users, some of whom seem to prefer a very busy location.

» quien guarda, halla = waste not, want not .

Example: There is a way that we can all reduce the cost of our food bill and it involves adopting the 'waste not, want not' attitudes of our grandparents and great grandparents.

» quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew ; jack of all trades, master of none .

Example: We should do our part, but we shouldn't bite off more than we can chew.

Example: In their greed to cram everything but the kitchen sink into the courses, what they end up producing is graduates who are jacks of all trades but masters of none.

» quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained .

Example: In today's recession it seems that the saying 'nothing ventured, nothing gained' could be re-written as 'nothing ventured, nothing lost'.

» quien no malgasta no pasa necesidades = waste not, want not .

Example: There is a way that we can all reduce the cost of our food bill and it involves adopting the 'waste not, want not' attitudes of our grandparents and great grandparents.

» quien paga manda = he who pays the piper calls the tune .

Example: 'He who pays the piper calls the tune,' said Muiru, a presidential aspirant when asked why his rating was so low on the polls = "Quién paga manda," dijo Muiru, un candidato a la presidencia cuando le preguntaron por qué obtuvo tan pocos votos en los sondeos.

» quien quiera peces que se moje el culo = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs .

Example: You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.

» quien ríe (el) último, ríe mejor = have + the last laugh ; he who laughs last, laughs best ; he who laughs last, laughs longest .

Example: I loved the story from Kilkenny last week about the local artist who had the last laugh in a parking fine row.

Example: For the first time in my life I understand the full meaning of the old saying 'He who laughs last, laughs best'.

Example: While it is true that he who laughs last laughs longest, he may also get the reputation for being a little slow on the uptake.

» quien roba una vez, roba diez = once a thief always a thief .

Example: Most of us have caught ourselves saying something like, 'once a thief, always a thief' -- the problem is that the statement is simply untrue.

» quien te quiere te hará llorar = be cruel to be kind .

Example: What was clear in the report, however, is that its authors believed that sometimes a government needed to be cruel to be kind.

» ¡sálvese quien pueda! = the devil take the hindmost ; run for your lives! .

Example: Many people have been made redundant in the takeover and those who joined last were the first to go -- the principle of devil take the hindmost applied.

Example: Run for your lives! It seems that some normally angelic children from the neighbouhood have been replaced by some ghostly and ghoulish characters and are coming to get YOU!.

» sálvese quien pueda = let battle commence ; free-for-all ; every man for himself ; each man for himself .

Example: To start a garden is to let battle commence since there is a list of pests and diseases that will line up to attack your babies.

Example: In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering.

Example: If more and more of us begin to see life purely as 'every man for himself,' what other unintended consequences may come with such a shift.

Example: Once the community works together and stops seeing each other as the enemy, or each man for himself, then things will change.

» ¡sálvese quien pueda! = the devil take the hindmost ; run for your lives! .

Example: Many people have been made redundant in the takeover and those who joined last were the first to go -- the principle of devil take the hindmost applied.

Example: Run for your lives! It seems that some normally angelic children from the neighbouhood have been replaced by some ghostly and ghoulish characters and are coming to get YOU!.

» ser como quien oye llover = be like water off a duck's back ; go in + one ear and out the other .

Example: You may threaten your children, tell them they'll be grounded for life (or worse), and it's all like water off a duck's back.

Example: I've even had friends and relatives talk with her and give her advice but it all goes in one ear and out the other.

quién² = who ; whoever. 

Example: The problem is to decide who to select as being mainly responsible.Example: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.

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» de quién sabe dónde = out of the woodwork .

Example: The exhibition 'Out of the woodwork: On the history of tartanware' displays boxes, frames, penknives and other objects decorated with a distinctive tartan pattern and manufactured in Scotland in the 19th c.

» dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep .

Example: I have always believed that, as the old sayings go, 'You are known by the company you keep', 'Birds of a feather flock together', 'Lie down with dogs and you get fleas', etc, etc.

» Dios sabe quién = God knows who .

Example: Weyane has already rotted from within and will collapse eventually and God knows who will come to power after that in Ethiopia.

» haz el bien y no mires a quién = cast your bread upon the waters .

Example: Your following the biblical saying to cast you bread upon the waters, certainly has been helpful to me.

» ¡mira quién fue a hablar! = look who's talking! ; hark who's talking! .

Example: The article is entitled 'Look who's talking: a comparison of lecture and group discussion teaching strategies in developing critical thinking skills'.

Example: Hark who's talking! -- you are the most heartless person I know, dead or alive.

» ¡mira quién habla! = look who's talking! ; look who's talking! ; hark who's talking! .

Example: The article is entitled 'Look who's talking: a comparison of lecture and group discussion teaching strategies in developing critical thinking skills'.

Example: The article is entitled 'Look who's talking: a comparison of lecture and group discussion teaching strategies in developing critical thinking skills'.

Example: Hark who's talking! -- you are the most heartless person I know, dead or alive.

» ¡mira quién va a hablar! = hark who's talking! .

Example: Hark who's talking! -- you are the most heartless person I know, dead or alive.

» No importa lo que se conoce, sino a quién se conoce = It's not what we(you) know, but who we(you) know .

Example: But now she was beginning to wonder if there was any truth to the old adage that 'It's not what you know, but who you know'.

» no saber a quién acudir = there + be + no where to turn .

Example: Have you ever been in a situation in which you were up against a brick wall and felt there was absolutely no where to turn?.

» no saberse quién = there + be + no telling who .

Example: I thought about using the lift, but there was no telling who I'd find inside.

» ¿quién coño...? = who the fuck...? .

Example: Who the fuck does she think she is ordering me around?.

» ¿quién demonios...? = who the fuck...? ; who the shit...? ; who on (this) earth...? ; who the devil...? ; who (in/the) hell...? ; who the heck...? ; who (in) the dickens...? .

Example: Who the fuck does she think she is ordering me around?.

Example: So who the shit does this chauvanist pig think he is?.

Example: Who on this earth does she think she is kidding?.

Example: Who the devil did he think he was, abducting her from the ballroom and practically ravishing her?.

Example: Who the hell did he think he was talking to?.

Example: Nice hotel, decent location, but who the heck did the plumbing?.

Example: Who in the dickens is going to pay for all that?.

» ¿quién diablos...? = who the fuck...? ; who the shit...? ; who on (this) earth...? ; who the devil...? ; who (in/the) hell...? ; who the heck...? ; who (in) the dickens...? .

Example: Who the fuck does she think she is ordering me around?.

Example: So who the shit does this chauvanist pig think he is?.

Example: Who on this earth does she think she is kidding?.

Example: Who the devil did he think he was, abducting her from the ballroom and practically ravishing her?.

Example: Who the hell did he think he was talking to?.

Example: Nice hotel, decent location, but who the heck did the plumbing?.

Example: Who in the dickens is going to pay for all that?.

» Quién es quién = Who's Who .

Example: Even more useful as author bibliographies are biographical dictionaries of the Who's Who type and, indeed, individual biographies and autobiographies.

» quién iba a decir entonces que... = little did + Verbo + then that... .

Example: Little did she expect then that two years later, at the age of 30, she would be sitting in Bajalovic's office and hearing the director say, with the joy of the bringer of glad tidings: 'How would you like to be acting director of the Medical Center library?'.

» ¿quién más...? = who else...? .

Example: In principle he is correct but who else can lay down the law to prevent the disgusting antics we saw in Goa?.

» ¿quién mierda...? = who the shit...? .

Example: So who the shit does this chauvanist pig think he is?.

» ¿quién narices...? = who the fuck...? ; who the shit...? ; who on (this) earth...? ; who the devil...? ; who (in/the) hell...? ; who the heck...? ; who (in) the dickens...? .

Example: Who the fuck does she think she is ordering me around?.

Example: So who the shit does this chauvanist pig think he is?.

Example: Who on this earth does she think she is kidding?.

Example: Who the devil did he think he was, abducting her from the ballroom and practically ravishing her?.

Example: Who the hell did he think he was talking to?.

Example: Nice hotel, decent location, but who the heck did the plumbing?.

Example: Who in the dickens is going to pay for all that?.

» quién + Pronombre + ir a decir que... = little do + Pronombre + know that... .

Example: Little did I know that I was about to spend the next 11 hours of my life in a conference room, listening to a very meandering speaker.

» ¿quién sabe? = who knows? .

Example: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.

» quién sabe cómo = who knows how .

Example: Who knows how the pony will take to it, or if she will even enjoy the discipline that your friend wants to train her for.

» quién sabe cuándo = who knows when .

Example: Avoid starting a project and leaving it half-finished until who knows when.

» quién sabe dónde = in the middle of nowhere ; in the back of beyond ; out in the sticks .

Example: The chance to stay in the middle of a rainforest in the middle of nowhere and nobody else around us was too good an opportunity to miss.

Example: They didn't go there because life was good, but because there, in the back of beyond, you could pan for gold without the threat of being robbed.

Example: Listen to people who live out in the sticks and heed their advice and recommendations -- don't rely on instinct or rumour.

» quién sabe lo que = who knows what .

Example: When it comes to 'student-centered' teaching, who knows what teachers are talking about?.

» quién sabe por qué = who knows why .

Example: Who knows why she is smiling, but who cares?.

» quién sabe qué = who knows what .

Example: You must have been struck with how dismal international relations have become with the demise of the nation-state and its replacement with who-knows-what.

» quién sabe quién = who knows who .

Example: Who knows who will be in the building...but it will be star-studded!.

» ¿quién si no...? = who else but...? .

Example: Who else but a librarian would give an eye-tooth to work at a bookstore on the weekend?.

» ¡quién te lo iba a decir! = lo and behold! ; lo! .

Example: It's perhaps like applying the Pygmalion theory nationally; if you assume everyone will perform well and do your best to help them to do so, lo and behold! everybody does perform well, or nearly everybody.

Example: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.

» ¡Quién volviera a aquellos tiempos! = Those were the days .

Example: Those were the days -- you could buy stuff and put it on the slate and pay at the end of the week.

» salir de quién sabe dónde = come out of + the woodwork ; crawl out of + the woodwork [Sinónimo de come out of the woodwork] .

Example: And I'm sure there's plenty more unknowns or 'brand-news' yet to come out of the woodwork.

Example: Summer vacation is the time for scammers to crawl out of the woodwork.