"Estar pez"?

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Pucca  #525100  Mon, 09 Jun 08 08:46 PM
I don't know how to say that in English - It's like when you say that you don't know anything, you are null at something.

Is there an idiom for that?  "I'm fish"? 

 

Thanks in advance!Smile 

  
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Tanit  #525102  Mon, 09 Jun 08 08:58 PM
Hi,

I remember reading these: I don't know beans about... and I don't know diddly-squat about.., but I know nothing about Spanish, so maybe that's not what you're looking for.

Also, they seem to be only American, so let's hope some native AmE speaker stops here and says if they're really used ...

  
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Pucca  #525103  Mon, 09 Jun 08 09:05 PM
Ciao Tanit! Smile

 Hihi, I'm not learning AmE, I'm not Kooyeen! Hehe

Seems that the first one was what I was looking for, do you know any in BrE?  (Just in case I need it)

 

  
Tanit  #525105  Mon, 09 Jun 08 09:09 PM
Hola, Pucca Wink

Pucca
 Hihi, I'm not learning AmE, I'm not Kooyeen! Hehe


Me neither! Big Smile

I'm much more accustomed to BrE, but couldn't come up with anything other than "I know nothing about..." or "I suck at...", which is a bit vulgar, I think. Sad
  
Pucca  #525106  Mon, 09 Jun 08 09:12 PM
Then, let's see if someone passes by and enlightens us! Smile
  
Tanit  #525107  Mon, 09 Jun 08 09:15 PM
Yep! I'm eagerly waiting, too! Wink
  
Grammar Geek  #525111  Mon, 09 Jun 08 09:44 PM

Well, I'm an American, so you don't want my view! Stick out tongue

  
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Pucca  #525113  Mon, 09 Jun 08 09:46 PM
Hey Barb, of course we want it!Surprise

 You know that I have nothing against AmE but, I need to be more in contact with BrE these days..

  
Tanit  #525115  Mon, 09 Jun 08 09:47 PM
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Well, I'm an American, so you don't want my view!


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Also, they seem to be only American, so let's hope some native AmE speaker stops here and says if they're really used .


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