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All the tricky qualities of water and the resulting mayhem it can cause were right there in the Spanish plumber's phrase, "water's got no bones". He was right, by the way, the roof's still leaking six months later, writes columnist Peter Edgerton

Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com

Malaga

Friday, 5 July 2024, 15:30

The Spanish language has a vast selection of idioms and phrases perfect for any occasion and Spanish people, in my experience, have an extraordinary knack ... of selecting the most apposite of these at just the right moment. It's not only idioms, though; single words are often plucked miraculously from the ether to shine a forensic light on any given situation.

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