Anar a pams

Meaning: To proceed carefully, step by step.

Language: Catalan

Literally: To go by hand-spans

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: Measuring out a single hand-span at a time pictures slow, methodical, unhurried progress.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• Tocar el dos — To clear off; to leave in a hurry.
• Að leggja höfuðið í bleyti — To sleep on a problem and think hard about it.
• Að kasta til höndunum — To do a job carelessly and in haste.
• Að taka einhvern á beinið — To give someone a stern talking-to.
• Mať dlhé prsty — To be light-fingered; a thief.
• Biti ob živce — To be a nervous wreck.

More Catalan idioms

• Fer figa — To give way or fail — of legs, knees or a plan.
• Fer dissabte — To give the house a big clean-up.
• Anar de bòlit — To be rushed off your feet.
• Pixar fora de test — To go off topic or be plainly mistaken.
• N'hi ha per llogar-hi cadires — The drama is so good it's worth watching like a show.
• Déu n'hi do — Wow — that's quite something.

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