

We have a life to live every day - jobs, families, friends, community service, churches, volunteer work, sports and fun - no energy left to spend on worrying, which thus far has only proved to have negative effects. (Alzheimers is one form of it, the drug should work with ALL the different variations.)ģ. That is, in a few years, new research is expected to have a drug that will reverse, not just slow down, the progression of Dementia. We are assured of a cure just down the road. Mentally by staying alert, reading books, doing crossword puzzles or playing mentally stimulating games on computers or (better) with other people, instad of being couch potatoes watching TV.Ģ. Physically by doing lots of healthy exercise, staying at a normal weight, and eating lots of fruits and vegetables and staying away from all the additives put into preserved and processed foods. We can avoid getting it, even if genetically predisposed, by keeping physically and mentally fit. And remember to a dd any Spanish idioms you’ve come across in the comments – we’d love to see them.Here are a couple of reasons why you (probably young) and I (nearly 70 ) do not have to worry about this. We saved the best until last – this phrase means to not have a clue.Įxplore more Spanish with an online program of flexible Spanish Courses and soon you’ll be using these phrases like a native. The English equivalent might be ‘one step at a time’.

This means i f life gets tough, stay happy – a bit like the English if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. There could be a few English versions of this – much ado about nothing, or maybe all mouth no trousers are two contenders. Meaning a lot of fuss, not much actual action. This means if things happened differently, they would be different, so it’s silly to even suggest it.Ī lovely phrase we don’t really have an English version of – it means a person who eats and then rushes off.Ī much more appetising way of saying call a spade a spade, as in to state something exactly as it is. If my grandmother had wheels, she’d be a bicycle Si mi abuela tuviera ruedas seria una bicicleta I n short: you cannot ask the impossible.
