Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

in old money

Spanish translation:

Como decíamos antes

Added to glossary by Antonio Berbel Garcia
May 15, 2022 12:30
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English term

in old money

Homework / test English to Spanish Art/Literary Tourism & Travel travel guide
At the south-western end, on the runway itself, you can make out the remains of a tennis court with the tarmac painted a faded green and the white lines still clearly visible. Beyond the end of the runway, which is buttressed by a stone wall, the land falls away steeply to the Rambla de las Chozas. Looking south-west, you see a wild dissected landscape through which the Barranco del Aire threads a tortuous route. On the skyline are the pinewoods that stretch down to the hidden picnic site east of La Huelga. The Sierra Cabrera is an astonishingly complex mountain range, given that in the Spanish scheme of things it is so small. Then again, it rises from sea level to, in old money, well over 3,000 feet, so maybe we shouldn’t be so surprised.

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Como decíamos antes

Como bien decía Althea, es una expresión informal británica que quiere decir “según el antiguo sistema”, en este caso en pies en vez de metros.
Como decíamos antes
Como se solía decir antes
Según el antiguo sistema, etc.
Peer comment(s):

agree MollyRose : This makes sense.
2 days 3 hrs
Thank you, MollyRose!
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en la misma cantidad de pies, como siempre

Quizás.

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Note added at 25 mins (2022-05-15 12:56:21 GMT)
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Se puede tener una cierta cantidad de dinero, y una cierta cantidad de pies.
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Reference comments

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Reference:

In old money

"in old money - in British English - according to the old system

That's well over 11,000 ft in old money!
It's roughly 24 acres in old money."
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/in-old-...

They use this phrase because they have estimated the height of the mountain range as "well over 3,000 feet" rather than the equivalent in metres/meters i.e. imperial units instead of metric.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree François Tardif
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agree Andy Watkinson
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agree Jennifer Levey : Yes - and the expression was 'coined' (sorry...) after the 'decimalisation' of the UK currency in 1971.
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