hambre canina
Meaning: Extreme, ravenous hunger.
Language: Spanish
Literally: dog hunger
Category: Animals
Origin: The phrase invokes the appetite of a dog, animals known for eating eagerly and voraciously.
More idioms — Animals
- poner a los pies de los caballos — To betray or abandon someone to harm or ridicule.
- con el rabo entre las piernas — In a state of shame, defeat, or humiliation; cowed and demoralized.
- de caballo — Enormous; of impressive or overwhelming size or intensity.
- perder los estribos — To lose one's temper or composure; to become angry or agitated.
- cazar al vuelo — To seize or take something quickly before someone else can.
- tomar el toro por los cuernos — To face a difficult problem directly and courageously rather than avoiding it.
More Spanish idioms
- no pegar ni con cola — To be conspicuously out of place or unsuitable.
- volver la espalda — To reject, abandon, or refuse to help someone.
- tener su miga — To have hidden depth or complexity; to be more complicated than it appears.
- quedarle cuerda — To still have plenty of energy, vitality, or usefulness left.
- de grado o por fuerza — Whether one likes it or not; willingly or unwillingly.
- mandarse a mudar — To leave abruptly or without notice; to depart hastily.
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