Usage examples of "mosca muerta" in Spanish with translation to English

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Vi una mosca en el tejado. I saw a fly on the ceiling.
Mi madre ha estado muerta estos tres años. My mother has been dead these three years.
Una mosca puede andar por el techo. A fly can walk on the ceiling.
Ayer vi la película titulada "La matanza de Texas" con mi novia. Ella estuvo muerta de miedo. I watched the film named "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" with my girlfriend yesterday. She was very afraid.
¿Viste el vídeo donde el presidente Obama mató una mosca con sus propias manos? Did you see that video where President Obama kills a fly with his bare hands?
¿Está ella muerta de miedo? Is she afraid of death?
Nunca uses un cañón para matar a una mosca. Never use a cannon to kill a fly.
Es cierto que está muerta. It's true that she's dead.
Hay una mosca en el techo. There is a fly on the ceiling.
Ella está muerta. She is dead.
Es difícil aplastar una mosca con tus propias manos. It's hard to swat a fly with your bare hand.
La reina de las brujas está muerta. Queen of the witches is dead.
Hay una mosca en el café. There is a fly in the coffee.
Se quedó muerta en la bañera. He sat there dead in the bathtub.
¿Has aplastado alguna vez una mosca con la mano? Have you ever squashed a fly with your hand?
El niño trató de arrancar la rama muerta con un serrucho. The boy tried to saw off the dead branch.
"Estoy en la sopa", reportó la mosca a través de su walkie-talkie. "I am in the soup," reported the fly through its walkie-talkie.
Mayuko estaba muerta de cansancio. Mayuko was tired to death.
Ella no puede lastimar ni a una mosca. She can't even harm a fly.
El latín es una lengua muerta. Latin is a dead language.
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