Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
tener la vida hecha un yogurt
English translation:
don't know if I'm coming or going
Added to glossary by
Lydia De Jorge
Feb 14, 2008 14:03
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
tener la vida hecha un yogurt
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
This phrase appears in an interview with a Cuban musician. There's not much context, but the sentence is:
Imagínate tú, mi madre desde chiquito me decía : “me tienes la vida hecha un yogurt”
Imagínate tú, mi madre desde chiquito me decía : “me tienes la vida hecha un yogurt”
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | don't know if I'm coming or going |
Lydia De Jorge
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| 4 | to mess up one's life |
Carol Gullidge
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| 3 | you've turned my life upside down |
Bubo Coroman (X)
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| 3 | you have muddled up my life |
Ximena Novoa
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Change log
Feb 21, 2008 18:49: Lydia De Jorge changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/10294">Helen Provart's</a> old entry - "tener la vida hecha un yogurt"" to ""don't know if I'm coming or going""
Proposed translations
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17 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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94
Selected
don't know if I'm coming or going
la vida hecha un yogurt means your life is complicated and confusing...very popular im Miami
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Note added at 7 days (2008-02-21 18:49:13 GMT) Post-grading
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You are welcome!
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Note added at 7 days (2008-02-21 18:49:13 GMT) Post-grading
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You are welcome!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
42 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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138
to mess up one's life
reading between the lines of the conversation, I'd guess that the musician is moaning that his mother was always complaining that after he had been born, her life was never the same again - ie, that his arrival really messed (or stronger!) up her life. The implication might also be that this messed him up psychologically....
42 mins
you've turned my life upside down
meaning: life for the mother was so simple until the baby arrived; and her life will never be the same again until Baby grows up ...
1 hr
Ximena Novoa
Native in Spanish
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Italian to English, Spanish to Italian, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
you have muddled up my life
as in confusing, bringing problems, stress, irritate, making life difficult etc.
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