a montones
Meaning: In vast quantities; abundantly available and unremarkable.
Language: Spanish
Literally: in piles
Category: The Absurd
Origin: The literal image of things heaped in piles conveys overwhelming abundance.
More idioms — The Absurd
- crecer como la espuma — To increase or expand very rapidly and dramatically.
- viva estampa — An exact likeness; someone or something that looks exactly like another.
- éramos pocos y parió la abuela — as if that wasn't enough, things went from bad to worse.
- no sé qué y no sé cuánto — An undefined or vague something; an indescribable quality or collection of things.
- caer en gracia — To charm someone instantly or be liked right away.
- no ganar para sustos — To be plagued by constant troubles and misfortunes; to suffer setback after setback.
More Spanish idioms
- a ojo — By rough estimate or visual judgment, without precision.
- dar el pistoletazo de salida — To officially begin or launch something.
- vérsele el plumero — Someone's true nature or hidden faults become glaringly visible.
- salga el sol por donde quiera — It does not matter what happens or what difficulties arise; one will accept whatever come…
- darse de cabezadas — To struggle uselessly against an impossible problem or obstacle.
- poner la proa — To set one's aim or course deliberately toward something; to target or pursue.
From our tongue twisters
- Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico. ¿Con qué pico pica papas Pepe Pecas? — A bouncy 'p' cluster that accelerates with the question at the end.
- El perro de San Roque no tiene rabo porque Ramón Ramírez se lo ha robado. — A rolled-'r' workout — every word demands the vibrating trill.
- Erre con erre cigarro, erre con erre barril; rápido ruedan los carros sobre los rieles del ferrocarril. — The definitive Spanish rr drill — unrelenting double-r from start to finish.