curva de la felicidad
Meaning: excess abdominal fat; a protruding belly caused by overeating or drinking.
Language: Spanish
Literally: curve of happiness
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: A modern colloquial coinage from Spanish; the phrase wryly names the belly's rounded shape as if it were a cheerful anatomical feature.
More idioms — Food & Drink
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- arroz con mango — a chaotic, confused mess or pandemonium.
- sacar las castañas del fuego — to rescue someone from a difficult situation or to solve a problem at one's own risk or e…
- tener su miga — To have hidden depth or complexity; to be more complicated than it appears.
- dorar la píldora — to make something unpleasant more palatable by presenting it attractively.
- arrimar el ascua a su sardina — To arrange matters selfishly in one's own favor; to look out for oneself at others' expen…
More Spanish idioms
- armar la de san Quintín — to start a violent fight or brawl; to cause a huge commotion.
- en la estacada — abandoned or left in a difficult situation without help.
- ahogarse en poca agua — to panic or overreact to a minor problem.
- morder el polvo — to be defeated or to die.
- dale que te pego — relentlessly; without stopping or holding back.
- tira y afloja — a back-and-forth negotiation or struggle where each side gives and takes.
From our proverbs
- Home is home, be it ever so homely. — Comfort and belonging matter more than outward appearance or grandeur.
- Honesty is the best policy; but he who acts on this principle is not an honest man. — Truly honest people don't practice honesty as calculated strategy; they act righteously r…
- A man never surfeits of too much honesty. — Excessive truthfulness never harms one's character or relationships the way other excesse…