Buscarle tres pies al gato

Meaning: To overcomplicate things; to look for trouble.

Language: Spanish

Literally: To look for three feet on the cat

Category: Animals

Origin: A cat plainly has four feet, so insisting on finding three pictures needless, contrary complication.

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• Non sapere che pesci pigliare — To be at a complete loss what to do.
• Acertar na mosca — To be exactly right; to hit the bullseye.
• Dar com os burros n'água — To fail despite all your effort.
• Считать ворон — To idle and let chances slip by.
• 月とすっぽん — Two things alike at a glance but worlds apart.
• 一箭双雕 — To achieve two things with a single act.

More Spanish idioms

• Estar frito — To be fed up or worn out.
• No dar pie con bola — To get everything wrong; to do nothing right.
• Estar en Babia — To be daydreaming and miles away.
• Tener la sartén por el mango — To be the one in control.
• ojito derecho — A person's favorite or most beloved person, especially a child.
• tener más conchas que un galápago — To be extremely cunning or crafty; to have many tricks up one's sleeve.

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