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    My first posting on this site. But I've already enjoyed and profited from browsing it. So, gracias anticipadas to everyone.

    I would like some help please with this phrase - the context is an editorial in a Mexican newspaper which is, in turn, translated from the English

    The phrase in question is - 'esquivar las pullas' as in
    'lo mejor que puede hacer es negociar mientras esquiva las pullas en casa".

    I would translate this as:
    'the best he can do is negotiate while he avoids (dodges?) [las pullas this is the problem phrase] at home'.

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    hi aussiebart - i think "pullas" are like insulting "wisecracks" in english,
    so i guess one translation might be "...while dodging the 'slings and arrows'
    at home".

    hermit

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    Right. Many thanks for that

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