Sentence examples of "cuerda floja" in Spanish

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La cuerda se rompió al tensarse demasiado. The rope broke under the strain.
Mary es la más floja de sus compañeros. Mary's the laziest of her schoolmates.
Él tiró de la cuerda. He pulled the rope.
Él es la persona más floja que conozco. He's the laziest person I know.
No sueltes la cuerda. Don't let go of the rope.
¿Puedes creerlo? Ella es aún más floja que yo. Can you believe it? She's even lazier than me.
Él haló la cuerda. He pulled the rope.
Ella es la persona más floja que conozco. She's the laziest person I know.
Le dije que no soltara la cuerda, pero la soltó. I told her not to let go of the rope, but she did.
A él se la trae floja lo que otros digan. He is indifferent to what others say.
Él soltó la cuerda. He let go of the rope.
Eres la persona más floja que conozco. You're the laziest person I know.
La verdad es pura, pero dolorosa. Ninguna persona cuerda y egoísta aceptaría nunca las cosas como son. Ése es el masoquismo inherente a la "verdad". Truth is pure, but truth is painful. No sane, selfish person would ever accept things for what they are. Such is the masochism inherent in "truth".
Esta cuerda es muy firme. This rope is very tough.
Me agarré con fuerza a la cuerda para no caer. I held on to the rope tightly so I wouldn't fall.
Le dije que no soltara la cuerda, pero eso fue lo que hizo. I told her not to let the rope go, but that's what she did.
Los dos niños tiraron de la cuerda hasta que se rompió The two children pulled at the rope until it broke.
Él agarró la cuerda. He caught hold of the rope.
Él soltó la cuerda y se cayó en el río. He lost hold of the rope and fell into the river.
Suelta la cuerda. Let go of the rope.
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