"Threw the house out the window" (Spanish idiom) (1930, 1933)

Wed Feb 15 04:20:32 UTC 2006

TIRARON LA CASA POR LA VENTA--66,100 Google hits
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I went out to a Valentine's Day dinner. I'm renovating my apartment for the  
wedding, spending thousands. My fiancee said that we're "throwing the house 
out  the window."
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Does Fred have this popular Spanish idiom?
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"He  threw the house out the window!" He's a pretty boy. Es una postalita.  
"He's a
postcard." It's a big problem. Eso ni lo brinca un chivo.  ...
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... "His cables are crossed."  That rocks! !Boto la casa por la ventana! "He 
threw
the  house out the window!" He's a pretty boy. Es una  postalita. ... 
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"He threw the house out the window!" Eso  no lo brinca un chivo. It's a big 
problem.
"Not even a goat can jump it."  Cantó el manicero. He died. ...
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(It threw the house  out the window!) Latin American saying used when someone
throws a lavish  party; Brilliant sunshine rained down on Fort Collins. ...
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... do any work Hay gato encerrado  There's a cat locked up There is 
something hidden
here Tiró la casa por  la ventana He/she threw the house out  the window 
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     Tiró la casa por la ventana 
He/she threw the house out the window 
He/she  pulled all the stops 
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(http://groups.google.com/group/mex.rec.chistes/watch_topic?nonmember=1&tid=1dcd880c8c64dace&oldstate=0&hl=en) Cubano de Miami

    From:  Remberto Gomez  Meda  Date:  Wed, Jan 31 2001 9:33 am 

 Miami Cuban Sayings 
"His cables are crossed." 
El tiene los  cables cruzados. 
He''s confused. 
"He threw the house out the  window!" 
Boto la casa por la ventana! 
He went all out! 

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_REECE  SAYS HE SEES WAY OUT OF DEADLOCK OVER MUSCLE SHOALS_ 
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Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Nov 28,  1930. p. 9 (1 
page) 
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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 27. -- Mexico is going to "throw the house out the  
window," tomorrow, as the Mexicans say, in the grand reception for J. Reuben  Clark, 
the new American ambassador to Mexico, by President Ortiz Rubio.
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PAUL HUDSON. The  Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jul 18, 
1933. p. 6 (1  page) 
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Washington will also throw the house out the window for Gen. Balbo and he  
will still smile even if he has to listen again to Finiculi  Finicula.

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