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Englishsz  #408051  Thu, 23 Aug 07 03:25 AM

Translations.com charges a pretty high fee for its services(from 12 to 40 per word), so you might make this one your last resort. But no fair cheating on that Spanish final.

What's 'fair cheating'?

  
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khoff  #408058  Thu, 23 Aug 07 04:01 AM

Hi, Englishsz.  The idiom you want is not "fair cheating;" it's "no fair."

"No fair" is a very informal, colloquial way of saying "it's not fair" -- so the sentence means "It's not fair to cheat on that Spanish final (exam)" or "Cheating on the Spanish final is not fair."

It's mostly an expression children would use ("Hey, no fair!  He got a bigger piece of cake!") or adults would use in very casual conversation.

  
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