Sentence examples of "menos mal" in Spanish

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Mi madre dice que los niños japoneses no son malos, pero viven muy lejos y por eso Papá Noel no les trae regalos. Menos mal que yo nací en España. My mother says Japanese kids aren't naughty, but they live very far away, so Santa Claus doesn't bring them gifts. Thank goodness I was born in Spain.
Hace mal tiempo. It is bad weather.
Lucy y yo tenemos más o menos el mismo número de amigos. Lucy and I have about the same number of friends.
Tom es un mal cocinero. Tom is a bad cook.
Lo que menos necesitamos es una guerra. The last thing we need is a war.
Un curandero con experiencia puede quebrar las maldiciones y curar el mal de ojo. An experienced healer can lift curses and dispel evil eyes.
Tu respuesta es de todo menos perfecta. Your answer is anything but perfect.
La mujer es el mal del hombre. A woman is the woe of man.
Tom fue capaz de llegar allí en menos de veinte minutos. Tom was able to get there in less than twenty minutes.
La mierda huele mal. The shit smells bad.
Tom puede comer casi cualquier cosa menos maní. Tom can eat just about anything but peanuts.
Este restaurante está mal administrado. This restaurant is badly managed.
Él no sabe hablar inglés, mucho menos alemán. He cannot speak English, much less German.
Nunca hablo mal de nadie. I never speak poorly of anyone.
Él no puede comprarse un coche, y mucho menos una casa. He cannot buy a car, still less a house.
A buen fin no hay mal principio. All's well that ends well.
Tenés una boca y dos orejas, así que escuchá más y hablá menos. You have one mouth and two ears, so listen more and speak less.
Me estaban tratando tan mal que simplemente me perdí. They were treating me so rudely that I suddenly just lost it.
Leer no es menos imprescindible para nuestra mente de lo que comer es para nuestro cuerpo. Reading is not less necessary to our mind than food is to our body.
Yo no estaba contento con tu mal comportamiento. I was not pleased by your rude behavior.
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