2007-04-18 03:48:06 · 6 answers · asked by occapoppy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Like Water For Chocolate is a Hispanic folk saying that does not actually mean boiling point such as we think of it in the US - when you reach your boiling point, you are ready to explode in anger.
Rather in Latin American culture it has a more sensual meaning.
In Mexico, hot chocolate is made with water, not milk. Water is boiled and chunks of chocolate, or chocolate tablets are dropped in to melt. The saying "like water for chocolate," means to be hot like the water is hot enough to receive the chocolate. It is a metaphor for describing a state of passion or sexual arousal.
So basically it is a metaphor for being 'hot and ready'.
However, in the movie "Like Water For Chocolate" there is a scene where the main character, Tita, is making mole (a chocolate and chili sauce) when she is thinking about 'like water for chocolate'. That section of the movie is often interpreted to mean that substituting one love for another is like using water in the mole sauce instead of chocolate, because that sort of love triangle exchange is what is happening in the plot of the movie.
While that may be one way to interpret Tita's statement, it isn't what the folk saying 'like water for chocolate' really means.
This is a good link for other Latin American folks sayings.
http://www.lasculturas.com/lib/libFolklore.htm
2007-04-18 12:07:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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what does like water for chocolate mean?
2015-08-06 07:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means trying to exchange something of great value (chocolate) for a watered-down, or less valuable, version of it. there's actually a movie called Como Agua Para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate in Spanish) that's a pretty good movie.
2007-04-18 03:59:54 · answer #4 · answered by im_ur_angel_baby06 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Selling/giving/gifting something against something else, whose quality and value do not compare at all.
Means you're getting something valueless while losing or giving away something valuable.
2007-04-18 03:59:36 · answer #5 · answered by tamara_cyan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"like water for chocolate" is a mexican expression that means, "at boiling point." it is an appropriate title for Laura Esquival's book because of the Magical Realism tied in with the food theme which is a major element of Latin American culture.
Great book!
2007-04-18 04:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋