Maybe someone else can come up with a better title for this thread, but what I plan to cover are those Mexican phrases that normally have a double meaning. Here's one that I frequently use:

A lot of you recognize "no mames" well here's the long FUNNY way of saying that same thing:
"No hay mameyes en tiempos de aguacate." Normally you want to use that one whenever your chica or mesero is telling you some bs that is just impossible to believe (e.g. her claiming "I'm 20 years old" when she knows she looks 50).

Can you think of one more?

Is that the same as "Me estas cotorreando "

Not necesarily picardia but I like these sayings.

Tantas curvas y yo sin frenos

"So many curves and me without brakes" Spoken to a nice curvy woman.

"Tiene un cuerpo de tentacion y una cara de arepentimiento"

" She has a body of temptation and a face of repentance"

"Mucho Jamon Por un Par de Juevos"

"Thats a lot of ham for a couple of eggs"

reserved for chunky women

In addition to " No mames" you can also say:

"No manches" y "no chingas"

If someone is bothering you " no me estes chingando" or "stop fucking with me".

Here is a saying that has no double meaning and is not sexual in nature but it is one of the most famous sayings in Mexico


" el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz"
Benito Juarez

"The respect of the right of strangers is peace"

Sorry to go off topic.

Hummm, most of those sounded very familar..did you by any chance catch the "Cristina" show on monday night with Lupillo Rivera? The theme of the show was "Piropos" and they covered many of those old sayings. Let me guess, your wife was watching the show and you wandered in (at least thats my story

Toehead,

How you been? No.I did not see Cristina, My wife hates her, but it would have been good to learn some new Piropos. But these are old ones. Anybody who has spent time in Mexico will know them. But lots of people on this board don't have the accumulated time in Mexico that we have, so I thought I would share.

I can't stand Cristina either, unfortunately my wife watches all those mind numbing talk shows, not to mention the telenovelas. I should be heading back down to my wifes rancho in Michoacan soon, my plan is to convince her to stay there with the kids (my plans rarely go as planned).

TH,

Did you get a chance to read " True Tales From Another Mexico"?
If so, what did you think?

So you are tryinig the old " Ditch the wife for awhile trick" If it works and you escape to Tijuana, I would be happy to buy you a brew.

Be careful with the Novelas. They are the stupidest things around, but they can suck you in and turn you into a Novela Zombie. I started watching it and now I can't miss it. I have been praying for it to end so I can be free my brain its evil clutches before it turns to mush.

I thought of another saying that I like.

If a guy, typically married, is rumored to have a girlfreind on the side, You can say

"El Tiene un OVNI"

When everyone asks "OVNI?" You say " Si tiene Otra Vieja No Identificada"

The joke is that in spanish they call UFO's OVNIS. or Objeto Volador No Identificado

"Otra Vieja No Identificada" means he has another girl on the side and she is not completely identified.

I guarantee it will get you some laughs.

That OVNI line is great, batster - I can't wait to get to use it.

La verdad es que la primera vez que lo escuche, me dio risa.

I just noticed that I did not say what Novela I was watching. I am completely caught in the stupid plot lines of " Entre el Amor y el Odio". Probably not in the states yet. Its on Azteca her e in Tijuana.

Mi esposa esta clavada en "Cuando Seas Mia" y "El Clon". No se si estan pasando "Entre el Amor y el Odio" aqui. Pero si tenemos TV Azteca adonde vivo, directo del D.F. No me gusta mucho las novelas, pero si me gustan las viejas que se ponen...

Oye Kendricks,

Que es eso de "El Clon"?. Suena bien interesante. Se esta acabando "Entre el amor y el odio" y voy a tener que buscar otra pasatiempo. LOL

Estoy de acuerdo contigo, salen en las novelas unas pinches viejas bien buenas.

No lo estoy viendo, pero mi chilangita me cuento que "El Clon" es un estoria de un hobre que tiene un clon que no conoce, pero el esta buscandolo. Creo que es una novela Brazilena, traducida en Espanol. En su opinion, las novelas Brazilenas son mas interesante que los hacido en Mexico.

I was sucked into the telenovelas for a couple seasons, fortunately unlike their american counterparts they do eventually END, then they recycle all the more popular actors/actresses into new shows. Have to agree they're all FULL of hotties, really the only reason why I watch. My wife is also currently following "Cuando Seas Mia", guess we haven't got "Entre el Amor y el Odio" here yet (oh darn).

Batster, Yes I am attempting the difficult "Ditch the wife in Mexico for awhile" trick. She wants us to move there and has it all figured out, all I'd have to do is catch fish or pick fruit for a living..not to practical. Plus the ranchos are too small and everyone seems to somehow be related and with all the cute young Michoacanas there it would only be a matter of time before I got myself into trouble (forever soiling the reputation of gringos in her rancho..and probably losing my balls in the process).

I did finally get to read the book, very intertaining with lots of good insight into the ranchos and how Mexico works (or doesn't).

Goodluck TH. I would love to live in small town Mexico if I had the means to do it and did not live off of subsistance farming.

Be careful. Remember that Michoacan is the land of the "valientes" You could really get your nuts in a ringer by screwing the neighbor.

Very true Batster1 (I keep forgetting to include that all important "1"). I'll probably end up doing what most Mexican husbands do and send her a little money each month while I screw around here in the U.S. (and no doubt, Tj). Eventually I'd like to retire there, at the moment though I can't see it. I tried rancho living before and just getting through the day requires unlimited patience whether I'm just dealing with people or dealing with the bureaucracy in Mexico (which I try to avoid). Typically I might spend half the day waiting for my brother in law to drop off a goat so I can borrow his truck and drive into town to pick up some supplies (which I could never find). Plus I felt too isolated and had no opportunities for generating money..probably why most of the more motivated Mexicans leave the ranchos for the U.S..

BTW, I'm curious how you can deal with living in Tijuana, especially after having visited many of the nicer cities in Mexico. Every boarder city I've visited makes me nuts. The only one I've visited that I thought was WORSE then Tj was Ciudad Juarez which looks like one big automotive graveyard, really depressing.

Its all a state of mind. I can live anywhere and bee happy if I have money. Tijuana is very very depressing when compared to Mexico City, Guadlajara, and Campeche which are the other cities I have worked and lived in. I was in the D.F a couple of weeks ago and was pretty damn depressed when I had to come back to TJ. But I live in a relatively nice area of Tijuana, And I have a job that pays in dollars with a lot of perks. So here I am. I just make an effort not to think about how bad it is.