make a better door than a window

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toobstructsomeone's view, especially as a result ofthoughtlessness.1986,Tony Ardizzone,The Evening News,→ISBN,page27:“You're blocking the picture,” Maria says. . . . “Youmake a better door than a window.”1996February 20, Francis X. Clines, “Judgments On Politics, Primaries, Pancakes”, inNew York Times, retrieved18 July 2015:She griped fetchingly at a clot of news workers who blocked her view. "Youmake a better door than a window, kid," she told one reporter.2014November 5, Jack Lakey, “Advertising poster blocks drivers' view”, inToronto Star, Canada, retrieved18 July 2015:An advertising poster on a transit sheltermakes a better door than a window, when trying to spot oncoming traffic.

Examples:

EN: You make a better door than a window.
ES: Haces mejores puertas que ventanas.
ES: Te va más ser puerta que ser ventana.
ES: - No eres transparente.
ID: - Aku tak bisa melihat menembusmu.
EN: Yeah, you make a better door than a window, and you're fat!
ES: Claro,eres una mejor puerta que ventana y eres gordo
EN: You make a better door than a window, okay?
ES: La carne de burro no es transparente, ¿vale?
ID: Kau lebih baik jadi pintu daripada jendela.
EN: Watch my knee. We make a better door than a window, don't we?
ID: - Lebih baik lewat jendela ya.

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