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What does “Ser del año de la pera” mean?

SpanishWeather and timeInformal

Ser del año de la pera

Word for word

To be from the year of the pear

What it really means

To be ancient, thoroughly out of fashion. It works for gadgets, clothes and for jokes everyone has heard too often.

How we say it in English

To be as old as the hills

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