by Paul Carmichael <paul@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Oct 30, 2007 at 12:14 PM
Poul E. Jørgensen wrote:
> In a Spanish text I have found this description:
>
> [...] botamangas angostas que obligaban a hacer *puntas de pie* para
calzar
> el pantalón.
>
> What does that mean "hacer puntas de pie"? Or is it simply what we
always do
> when we put on our trousers?
>
A little bit of googling suggests that it means stand on one's toes ie;
go tip-toe.
"casi teniendo que hacer puntas de pie para llegar al hombro de la elfa"
No idea what an "elfa" is.
--
Paul.
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