"Damned if I do, damned if I don't''

How do you say this in Spanish?

One idea was "Malo si sí, malo si no"

Is this correct? Are there other ways to say this?

Thanks,

Stuart

Permalink Reply by Will Kinney on December 27, 2009 at 8:18pm: I don't know for sure, but my guess would be something a little stronger. Tal vez - "Condenado si lo hago, y condenado si no."

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Permalink Reply by arca on December 27, 2009 at 10:22pm: esta correcto ...
seria usado para Tratar de decir que .. "si hago esto (algo específico) es malo y si no lo hago tambien seria malo" otra forma seria: "si lo hago malo y si no lo hago tambien"...
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Permalink Reply by arca on December 27, 2009 at 10:24pm: hola amigo...la frase no es tan fuerte como crees, se refiere a que "el hacer o no hacer da igual"...; ▶ Reply to This (Please don't include e-mail or Skype address)

Permalink Reply by Yero on December 28, 2009 at 7:20pm: Hi Stuart :)

Well, here we'd probably say: "Malo si sí, malo si no."

However, there are different ways to say it. For example:

- "Hagas lo que hagas estás j*dido." <---- Is not quite pretty hehe [I must say that in Spain is something way ruder, although nowadays it has become less rude.]

- "Hagas lo que hagas, la c*gas." <---- Is not nice either.

- "Hagas lo que hagas vas a tener (or a estar en) problemas." <---- Nicer! (Say it with a posh accent hehe.)

- "No importa lo que hagas, vas dado igual." <----- I heard that on a tv show from Spain and I think they use it quite a lot.

I'm sure there are other ways to say it but I can't remember them hehe.

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Permalink Reply by Stuart on December 29, 2009 at 11:32am: Thanks for all your suggestions :); ▶ Reply to This (Please don't include e-mail or Skype address)

Permalink Reply by Beth on December 30, 2009 at 5:56pm: hello i'm from spain, and i think the best option is:
"No importa lo que hagas, vas dado igual."
or
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