berenjenal

m.

1 mess (informal).

meterse en un berenjenal to get oneself into a right mess

2 complicated mess, fine mess.

3 field of eggplants, aubergine field, field of aubergines.

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berenjenal

► nombre masculino

1 aubergine field, US eggplant field

2 figurado mess

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FRASEOLOGÍA

meterse en un berenjenal to get oneself into a mess

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SM

1) aubergine field, eggplant field (EEUU)

2) (=lío) mess, trouble

en buen berenjenal nos hemos metido — we've got ourselves into a fine mess

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masculino eggplant field (AmE), aubergine field (BrE)

meterse en un berenjenal — (fam) to get oneself into a real mess o jam (colloq)

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= a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, predicament.

Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

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* en un berenjenal = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil.

* estar en un berenjenal = be (in) a mess.

* meterse en un berenjenal = get into + a predicament.

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masculino eggplant field (AmE), aubergine field (BrE)

meterse en un berenjenal — (fam) to get oneself into a real mess o jam (colloq)

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= a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, predicament.

Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

* en un berenjenal = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil.

* estar en un berenjenal = be (in) a mess.

* meterse en un berenjenal = get into + a predicament.

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berenjenal

masculine

eggplant field (AmE), aubergine field (BrE)

meterse en un berenjenal or en berenjenales (fam): ¡en qué berenjenal se metió! he got himself into a real mess o jam o pickle! (colloq)

ahora no estamos para meternos en esos berenjenales we don't want to get bogged down with o involved in all that now

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berenjenal sustantivo masculino
1 fam (enredo, lío) jam: ¡Dios mío, en qué berenjenal me he metido!, my goodness, I've got myself into a real jam!
2 Agr field of aubergines, US field of eggplants

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berenjenal nm

Fam [enredo] mess;

meterse en un berenjenal to get oneself into a right mess;

no sé cómo vamos a salir de este berenjenal I don't know how we're going to get out of this mess o one

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berenjenal

m

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meterse en un berenjenal fig fam get o.s. into a jam fam