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Someone spills their drink then immediately knocks something else over.
¿Y ahora qué vas a hacer, mago?
'And what are you going to do now, wizard?' — the sarcasm lands perfectly in Spanish.
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and for your next trick
Dry, sardonic — said after someone has done something impressively stupid or unbelievably clumsy.
Literal translation trap
'Y para tu próximo truco' is technically understandable but reads as a literal magic show announcement.
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Your mate breaks two things in a row doing DIY.
Sigue así, campeón.
'Keep it up, champion' — affectionate sarcasm that Spanish speakers use constantly.
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A colleague makes a mess of one thing and immediately starts another.
¿Qué más puedes hacer?
Rhetorical exhaustion — what else could you possibly manage to do?
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Someone trips, recovers, then immediately trips again.
Menudo show estás dando.
You're quite the spectacle — show has a slightly theatrical, sarcastic edge here.
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After a spectacular blunder at work.
Premio al mérito.
Award for merit — delivered completely deadpan, it lands like a punch.