Just a Spanish Phrase

¡Contigo pan y cebolla!


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The common and very familiar Spanish expression contigo pan y cebolla is used in Spain in a humoristic way to let your significant other know "how deep is your love". The fact that a couple may not have a lot of money is not an obstacle for them to get married and live a happy life as long as they love each other. Bread and onions used to represent two types of food that are available to anyone and people with a certain social and economic status would never indulge in eating them, since they can afford a more varied and healthier diet. The idea of contigo pan y cebolla may be expressed in English with expressions like: with you through thick and thin; If I am with you I do not need anything else; through all the ups and downs; I'll forbear any burden in life being with you. ¡El amor! Cuando estamos enamorados el cerebro libera una sustancia llamada feniletilamina, la cual suprime la sensación de hambre y sed. No estamos cansados, no tenemos miedo y pensamos que nos podemos "comer" el mundo. Cuando estamos enamorados, amor es todo lo que necesitamos. El Love is all you need de los Beatles es un estado neurofisiológico. ¡El dinero! "Es una locura casarse sin tener dinero." "El dinero no compra la felicidad". ¿O sí? ¿Tú qué opinas? ¡La cebolla! En la dieta mediterránea, comer cebolla cruda en las ensaladas es muy común. La cebolla cruda es muy buena para la salud. Mantiene las arterias y las venas jóvenes, reduce el colesterol, cura el resfriado porque tiene vitaminas A y C. Además es buena para la piel, para la anemia, para perder peso y protege contra algunos tipos de cáncer...y la lista sigue y sigue y sigue.Ya lo sabes, si quieres envejecer sano y fuerte y vivir muchos, muchos años, come cebolla... pero ¡cruda!, ¿eh?

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