259 - Salvado por la campana 259 - Saved by the bell 259 - Sauvés par la cloche 259 - Salvo pelo sino

Salvado por la campana Saved by the Bell

LOCUTOR ¿Sabía usted de donde viene la expresión... ANNOUNCER Did you know where the expression comes from ...

LOCUTORA ... “salvado por la campana”? ANNOUNCER ... "saved by the bell"?

LOCUTOR No, no viene del boxeo como algunos creen. ANNOUNCER No, it does not come from boxing as some believe.

LOCUTORA Tampoco viene de la serie de televisión norteamericana. ANNOUNCER Nor does it come from the North American television series.

LOCUTOR “Salvado por la campana” es una expresión antigua, muy antigua... ANNOUNCER "Saved by the bell" is an old, very old expression ...

LOCUTORA ... y tiene un significado horripilante. ANNOUNCER ... and it has a gruesome meaning.

LOCUTOR En la Edad Media, por el miedo al contagio de enfermedades, por el horror de la peste y otras epidemias, le preparaban el entierro a cualquier persona que pareciera muerta. ANNOUNCER In the Middle Ages, for fear of contagion of diseases, for the horror of the plague and other epidemics, they prepared the burial of anyone who seemed dead.

VIEJO No se mueve. OLD Man does not move. Ya está muerto. He's already dead.

VIEJO Llévenselo. OLD Take him away.

LOCUTORA Los lugares para enterrar a los muertos eran pequeños y no había espacio para todos. ANNOUNCER The places to bury the dead were small and there was not room for everyone.

LOCUTOR Los ataúdes se abrían, se sacaban los huesos de unos difuntos y se metían otros cadáveres. ANNOUNCER The coffins were opened, the bones of the deceased were removed and other corpses were put in.

LOCUTORA A veces, al abrir los ataúdes... ANNOUNCER Sometimes, when opening the coffins ...

LOCUTORA ... se veían arañazos en la madera interior, incluso tierra removida. ANNOUNCER ... there were scratches on the interior wood, even disturbed dirt. LOCUTOR Habían sido... ANNOUNCER They had been ...

VIEJA ... enterrados vivos. OLD ... buried alive.

LOCUTORA En esa época, surgió la idea de amarrar a la muñeca del difunto una cuerda, pasarla por un agujero del ataúd y atarla a una campanilla que se alzaba sobre la tierra. ANNOUNCER At that time, the idea arose of tying a rope to the wrist of the deceased, passing it through a hole in the coffin and tying it to a bell that rose above the ground.

LOCUTOR Si el muerto estaba vivo, sólo tenía que tirar de la cuerda y sonar la campanilla. ANNOUNCER If the dead man was alive, he only had to pull the rope and ring the bell.

VIEJO Sáquenlo de la tumba. OLD Take him out of the grave. Está vivo. Its alive.

LOCUTORA Por precaución, un familiar se quedaba al lado del ataúd durante tres días. ANNOUNCER As a precaution, a relative stayed next to the coffin for three days.

LOCUTOR De ahí surge la expresión... ANNOUNCER Hence the expression ...

LOCUTORA ... “salvado por la campana”. ANNOUNCER ... "saved by the bell."