Usage examples of "como gallina en corral ajeno" in Spanish with translation to English

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A Tom le gusta las cosas como están. Tom likes things the way they are.
¿Qué fue primero, el huevo o la gallina? Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Odiar a otros le es ajeno. Hating others is foreign to her.
Tom sabe como manipular un rifle. Tom knows how to handle a rifle.
La gallina está picoteando a Tom. The chicken is pecking at Tom.
Yo soy ajeno a cualquier iglesia. I'm not involved with any church.
Él actuó como un demente. He acted like a madman.
No mates a la gallina de los huevos de oro. Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Hombre soy; nada humano me es ajeno. I am a man; no human is strange to me.
Era duro como piedra. It was hard as rock.
¿Has desplomado a una gallina alguna vez? Have you ever plucked a chicken?
Esperé por diez minutos, aunque esos diez minutos parecieron como diez horas para mí. I waited for ten minutes, though they seemed like 10 hours to me.
Tom le retorció el cuello a la gallina. Tom wrung the chicken's neck.
Creo que es improbable que una situación como esta vuelva a ocurrir alguna vez. I think it's unlikely that a situation like this one would ever occur again.
Esa es una gallina. That's chicken.
Un grillo enjaulado come tanto como un grillo libre. A caged cricket eats just as much as a free cricket.
¿Cuándo fue la última vez que desplumaste a una gallina? When was the last time you plucked a chicken?
Ella habló como si fuera mi madre. She talked as if she were my mother.
La gallina puso cuatro huevos. The chicken laid four eggs.
El poder es como ser una dama. Si tienes que decirle a la gente que lo eres, no lo eres. Power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
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