Usage examples of "gallina clueca" in Spanish with translation to English

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¿Qué fue primero, el huevo o la gallina? Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
La gallina está picoteando a Tom. The chicken is pecking at Tom.
No mates a la gallina de los huevos de oro. Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
¿Has desplomado a una gallina alguna vez? Have you ever plucked a chicken?
Tom le retorció el cuello a la gallina. Tom wrung the chicken's neck.
Esa es una gallina. That's chicken.
¿Cuándo fue la última vez que desplumaste a una gallina? When was the last time you plucked a chicken?
La gallina puso cuatro huevos. The chicken laid four eggs.
¿Qué? ¿No podés hacerlo? ¡Cobarde! ¡Gallina! What? You can't do it? You coward! Chicken!
"¿En qué se diferencian erotismo y perversión? Erotismo es cuando usas una pluma y perversión es cuando usas a la gallina entera." "What's the difference between erotic and kinky?" "Erotic is when you use a feather and kinky is when you use a whole chicken."
Es la primera vez que desplumo a una gallina. It's the first time I pluck a chicken.
La gallina está cacareando. The chicken is cackling.
"Tú tienes la capacidad de atención de una gallina". "Las gallinas están deliciosas". "Exactamente lo que decía". "You have the attention span of a chicken." "Chickens are delicious." "My point exactly."
Eso es carne de gallina. That's the meat of a hen.
Matar a la gallina de los huevos de oro. Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Cuando veo una película de terror se me pone la carne de gallina. I get goose bumps when I see a horror movie.
Él atrapó a la gallina. He caught the chicken.
Se me pone la piel de gallina cuando veo una película de terror. I get goose bumps when I see a horror movie.
¿Puedes atrapar a la gallina? Can you catch the chicken?
Gallina vieja hace buen caldo There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
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