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English translation: before things get even worse, before the situation gets even stickier, before (someone) digs (herself/himself) into a deeper hole, before (someone) gets (herself/himself) into a bigger jam

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Spanish term or phrase:antes de trancar más el serrucho
English translation:before things get even worse, before the situation gets even stickier, before (someone) digs (herself/himself) into a deeper hole, before (someone) gets (herself/himself) into a bigger jam
Entered by: María Teresa Taylor Oliver

18:56 Jan 23, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Venezuelan Spanish
Spanish term or phrase: trancar el serrucho
I need help with this Venezuelan expression, please.

This is a newspaper opinion article referring to this week's protests in Venezuela:
La soga aprieta y estrangula, la opinión de Marianella Salazar
http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/columnista/soga-aprieta-...

"El régimen de Nicolás Maduro nunca había estado tan vulnerable, la situación económica está cavando su propia fosa, para más inri, este lunes el Banco Central de Venezuela deroga la medida de 60% del encaje legal a los bancos que comenzaba ayer, ninguna entidad llegaba al encaje y tenían que intervenir la banca empezando por el Banco de Venezuela, que no llegaba ni a 10%. La consecuencia de esta cadena de erráticas improvisaciones las veremos con el precio que alcanzará el dólar paralelo, que rige la economía hasta en mercados populares. **************Antes de que se les tranque más el serrucho**************, mandan a Tareck el Aissami a firmar acuerdos sobre el refinamiento del oro con Erdogan en Turquía, país que será sancionado por Estados Unidos. La soga aprieta…"

Thank you in advance.
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
Local time: 01:57
Before the situation gets even stickier
Explanation:
or something like that if you think you need to transfer part of the idiom (trancar)
Selected response from:

David Roe (X)
Local time: 08:57
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1Before things get worse
David Roe (X)
5 +1Before the situation gets even stickier
David Roe (X)
3 +2dig themselves into a deeper hole/get themselves into a bigger jam
Marie Wilson


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Before things get worse


Explanation:
or something to that effect

David Roe (X)
Local time: 08:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: I see you found a "something" a few minutes later :-)
13 hrs
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Before the situation gets even stickier


Explanation:
or something like that if you think you need to transfer part of the idiom (trancar)

David Roe (X)
Local time: 08:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
dig themselves into a deeper hole/get themselves into a bigger jam


Explanation:
A couple of possibilities.

Marie Wilson
Spain
Local time: 08:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Muriel!
agree  neilmac
13 hrs
  -> Thank you, Neil.
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