Finding a Way

Ingeniárselas means to manage to get something done. The Diccionario del español de México of El Colegio de México gives this example: “Si no sabes cómo hacerlo, pues te las ingenias y ya, pero no vuelvas con las manos vacías” (If you do not know how to do it, then find a way, and that is that, but do not come back empty-handed).

Como Dios le da a entender, “as God gives one to understand,” means with nothing but one’s own skills and resources. The dictionary’s example: “Arreglé mi coche como Dios me dio a entender” (I fixed my car as God gave me to understand).

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