Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

tirar cohetes

English translation:

nothing special/nothing to write home about

Added to glossary by Kimberlee Thorne
Oct 6, 2010 16:27
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

tirar cohetes

Spanish to English Art/Literary Slang
I have a good idea, that this means something like "brag about" or "make a big deal about", but could someone out there shed some more light about this? Here's the context, which is a mobile camera review (evaluation):

Durante el día ya es otra cosa, con luz natural la cámara se comporta bien, no es para tirar cohetes, pero los resultados nos gustan en la pantalla del móvil, y no te llevas muchas sorpresas tampoco al abrirlas en pantallas más grandes.

Proposed translations

+10
4 mins
Selected

nothing special/nothing to write home about

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Peer comment(s):

agree Noni Gilbert Riley : My thoughts exactly!
3 mins
Thanks :)
agree franglish
12 mins
Thank you :)
agree Gloria Rivera : Nothing to write home about conveys it perfectly! :)
14 mins
Yes. Thanks Gloria:)
agree Janine Libbey
18 mins
Thank you.
agree MPGS : :)
57 mins
Thank you :)
agree Lisa McCarthy
1 hr
Thank you :)
agree Martyn Greenan
1 hr
Thank you :)
agree lorenab23 : "Nothing to write home about" is perfect!
1 hr
Thanks!
agree Stephanie Tarrago : I agree with you all "nothing to write home about" is just right.
3 hrs
Thank you!
agree Sergio Campo : +1 for "nothing to write home about"
3 hrs
Thank you :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
2 mins

(nothing to) get wild about/crazy over

These are American equivalents.
Peer comment(s):

agree Adriana de Groote
2 mins
Good afternoon and thanks, Adriana.
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