Meaning of dar una de cal y otra de arena

Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

dar una de cal y otra de arena

  21

It is the daily alternation of things. Some things are accomplished and others do not. It means that not all the objectives are achieved and that all things are not equal. The correct phrase is " A son of lime and other sandy " and it means that each achievement has a fair price.

  

Manuel Penichet P

It is an expression which means alternating the good things with the poor, either toggle the opposite things with each other. Its origin comes from the mixture of materials for construction that prepares to alternating sand and lime.

  

lidia ines

give an of cal and another of sand is incorrectly written and should write is as "Cal. sand, and unemployed." being its meaning: Sometime in Chile, an insane proposed that bright idea to put an end to the high percentage of unemployment. What if I took out was in times of dictatorship. A layer of lime, one of cement, and a layer of detainees. The first most significant Tomb, was the reported and discovered in LONQUÉN.

  

Pedro Crespo Refoyo

Adverbial phrase that indicates that someone has an irregular life or unequal decisions result: some go well ( the cal ) and 40 others, not so much; those of sand ). It is, thus, metaphorical expression.

  

  ADD NEW MEANING  

1. Dictionaries
» 🔎
2. Spanish

1. Dictionaries
» 🔎
2. Spanish
»
3. Words start by D