Estar hasta en la sopa
Meaning: To be everywhere; impossible to avoid.
Language: Spanish
Literally: To be even in the soup
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Said of someone so ubiquitous they seem to turn up even floating in your bowl of soup.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Liscio come l'olio — To go off without a hitch.
- Tutto fa brodo — Every little bit helps.
- Procurar pelo em ovo — To nitpick over nothing.
- 朝飯前 (Asameshi mae) — A task so easy it can be done before eating.
- 棚から牡丹餅 (Tana kara botamochi) — An unexpected stroke of good luck.
- 그림의 떡 (Geurimui tteok) — Something desirable but completely out of reach.
More Spanish idioms
- Buscarle tres pies al gato — To overcomplicate things; to look for trouble.
- 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.
From our tongue twisters
- Como poco coco como, poco coco compro. — A bouncy 'co' drill — the word order and meaning flip with each repetition.
- Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico. ¿Con qué pico pica papas Pepe Pecas? — A bouncy 'p' cluster that accelerates with the question at the end.
- El perro de San Roque no tiene rabo porque Ramón Ramírez se lo ha robado. — A rolled-'r' workout — every word demands the vibrating trill.