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.
Equivalents in other languages
- French: Chercher midi à quatorze heures — literally: To look for noon at two in the afternoon
More idioms — Animals
- 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 (Schitat' voron) — To idle and let chances slip by.
- 月とすっぽん (Tsuki to suppon) — Two things alike at a glance but worlds apart.
- 一箭双雕 (Yī jiàn shuāng diāo) — 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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