caer de perlas

[speedier]

The expression that I've come across is: "Te va a caer de perlas". Any ideas?

 

[Hajt]

I usually say "venir de perlas", meaning "It's just what you need", "It will come very handy". Does it make sense?

 

[micafe]

I agree with Hajt. We normally say "me cae/cayó de perlas" = "(it's) just what I needed".

 

[Vampiro]

Hi, Speedy.
I agree, that’s the meaning.
In Chile we have a local expression which means exactly the same, probably a deformation of the original one: “Me cae de perillas”, “Me viene de perillas”.
Cheers.
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[sound shift]

I usually say "venir de perlas", meaning "It's just what you need", "It will come very handy". Does it make sense?

The first one works. The second one should be "It will come in very handy", but it's impersonal; it doesn't express the "te" of the original.

 

[Hajt]

Thanks, sound shift. I keep forgetting "in" the very few times I use that expression.

 

[Kibramoa]

The expression that I've come across is: "Te va a caer de perlas". Any ideas?

I agree with "just what I needed". Also, in some contexts it could be similar to "just what the doctor ordered".

 

[speedier]

Thanks a lot everybody!