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a grasshopper can convert me

Spanish translation: hasta un saltamontes puede convertirme

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English term or phrase:a grasshopper can convert me
Spanish translation:hasta un saltamontes puede convertirme
Entered by: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

10:06 Jun 1, 2015
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Religion / spirituality
English term or phrase: a grasshopper can convert me
In the search for intimacy, the addict takes a false
turn, hopefully a detour, and relates to an object, a substance,
an event, or a repetitive anything (shopping, thinking,
blaming, abusing, eating) in a way that will not and cannot
work for them. Over time, the addict is forced to “up the ante”
when the fix does not work. You need more and more of anything
that does not work. If something is really working for you, then
less and less will satisfy you. On my good days, a grasshopper
can convert me.

No entiendo lo del saltamontes. Alguien me ha dicho que en el lenguaje de las series de televisión grasshopper significa algo así como un "cóctel", lo cual vendría bien a mi contexto A.A. Aun así, sigo sin entender la frase "On my good days, a grasshopper can convert me". ¿Qué opináis, chicas y chicos? Gracias adelantadas.
kineso
Spain
hasta un saltamontes/ un simple insecto puede convertirme
Explanation:
La clave está aquí: "If something is really working for you, then
less and less will satisfy you".
En sus días buenos, algo tan modesto como un simple insecto le puede volver hacia Dios.


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Note added at 49 mins (2015-06-01 10:55:47 GMT)
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Aunque no es exactamente lo mismo, está en línea con el "entre los pucheros anda Dios" de Santa Teresa.
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 11:47
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2hasta un saltamontes/ un simple insecto puede convertirme
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
3 +1hasta el ser más insignificante
Karin Monteiro-Zwahlen
4una cigarra me puede transformar
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
3un pequeño saltamontes puede convertirme
JohnMcDove


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hasta un saltamontes/ un simple insecto puede convertirme


Explanation:
La clave está aquí: "If something is really working for you, then
less and less will satisfy you".
En sus días buenos, algo tan modesto como un simple insecto le puede volver hacia Dios.


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Note added at 49 mins (2015-06-01 10:55:47 GMT)
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Aunque no es exactamente lo mismo, está en línea con el "entre los pucheros anda Dios" de Santa Teresa.

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 11:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 1286

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ma.Elena Carrión de Medina
7 hrs
  -> Saludo Mª Elena - Bea
agree  JohnMcDove
9 hrs
  -> Gracias John - Bea
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hasta el ser más insignificante


Explanation:
Pienso que en este contexto grasshopper está por una persona de poco peso, que no es un guía espiritual o un sabio, sino un simple ser insignificante, pero en "los días buenos" una persona así basta para que pueda "(re)descubrir a Dios".
Fíjate también aquí:

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...Grasshoppe...


Karin Monteiro-Zwahlen
Local time: 11:47
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove: También. :-) (No estoy seguro de todo el contexto... pero hasta "un pequeño saltamontes" (Maestro Po), puede hacerme ver la luz...
8 hrs
  -> Gracias John!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
un pequeño saltamontes puede convertirme


Explanation:
Una variación sobre el tema.

No estoy seguro del todo de todo el contexto...

Veo el sentido que dan en este enlace, aunque me parece que las ideas aportadas son buenas...

http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/on-my-good-days-a-gra...

JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 02:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 75
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
una cigarra me puede transformar


Explanation:
Prefiero el uso de la palabra "cigarra" en vez de "saltamontes" porque aquella implica algo de "hipnotizado por el canto de la cigarra". En este sentido sería sinónimo de: seductor, charlatán.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 04:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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