Estar de Rodríguez
Meaning: To be a husband left working in town while the family is on holiday.
Language: Spanish
Literally: To be a Rodríguez
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Born in 1960s Spain when wives and children left for August beach apartments; the 1965 film El cálido verano del señor Rodríguez sealed it.
More idioms — Daily Life
- Ogni morte di papa — Extremely rarely; once in a blue moon.
- 油を売る — To slack off or dawdle when you should be working.
- Chutar o balde — To stop caring and let everything go — unlike the English, nobody dies.
- Etekleri zil çalıyor — To be visibly bursting with joy.
- Å være ute og sykle — To be completely mistaken or to have no idea what you're talking about.
- At tisse i bukserne for at holde varmen — A quick fix that makes the problem worse soon after.
More Spanish idioms
- Quedarse de piedra — To be stunned speechless.
- Ser uña y carne — To be inseparable; the closest of friends.
- Dar gato por liebre — To swindle by passing off something inferior as the real thing.
- Importar un pepino — To not care in the slightest.
- Ponerse las pilas — To get your act together and start working hard.
- Estar en el ajo — To be in on a secret or scheme.
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