Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
los matorrales de la vida
English translation:
(slither back) into the undergrowth
Spanish term
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Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
los matorrales de la vida
Soltó Marta la fotografía como si se sintiese picada por una víbora. ¿Qué había sido, en efecto, Isagani para ella, la misma Marta, sino una víbora inmunda, rastrera y traicionera que después de vomitar el veneno en la copa divina de su honra, se escurría de sus manos triunfadora, para esconderse entre los matorrales de la vida, en acecho de otras víctimas? Y qué había sido aquella Tinay inerme, sino otra víctima propiciatoria de la misma víbora?
Gracias,
Barbara
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Shilpa Baliga
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Sophie Cherel
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Jan 4, 2021 22:59: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Jan 4, 2021 23:01: Barbara Cochran, MFA changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/123909">Barbara Cochran, MFA's</a> old entry - "los matorrales de la vida"" to ""(slip back into) the thickets""
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Chef and ex-restauranteur
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Catalan to English, and 2 more.
(slip back into) the thickets
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Arthur Pahl
: Steinbeck is an excellent citation for this
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thanks!
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Steven Huddleston
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thanks!
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Lisa McCarthy
: Another option could be 'slither away/back/off into the undergrowth".
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Your option is nice!
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David Hollywood
: with Lisa "slither back into the undergrowth" (life implicit)
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Thanks on behalf of Lisa ;-)
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Marian Vieyra
: With David and Lisa re slithering and undergrowth.
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neilmac
: "Undergrowth" gets my vote as well, because of the evocative "under" component
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Clarity, accuracy and speed
Native in: English , French
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
(lurking amid) the mangroves of life
If so "mangroves" is a better translation than "bush" or such like.
Mangroves are easy pleaces for predators to hide, including vipers. They are creepy, sinister places where you feel anything might pounce at you.
Steinbeck says of them:
"noone likes the magnroves" (Log from the Sea of Cortez
https://budak.blogs.com/the_annotated_budak/2009/09/no-one-likes-the-mangroves.html
https://ultimateexotics.co.za/the-mangrove-viper-cryptelytrops-purpureomaculatus/
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