ojito derecho

Meaning: A person's favorite or most beloved person, especially a child.

Language: Spanish

Literally: little right eye

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: The phrase pictures the favored person as the right eye—the one more relied upon and cherished, as the eye is essential to sight.

More idioms — Body & Senses

a todo gañote — At the top of one's voice; very loudly.
morder el polvo — to be defeated or to die.
irse de las manos — To spiral beyond control; to become unmanageable or chaotic.
a ojo — By rough estimate or visual judgment, without precision.
darse de cabezadas — To struggle uselessly against an impossible problem or obstacle.
pasarlo teta — To have an excellent, carefree time.

tener más conchas que un galápago — To be extremely cunning or crafty; to have many tricks up one's sleeve.
en la cuerda floja — To be in a precarious or dangerous position; to be walking a fine line between safety and…
de aquellos polvos, estos lodos — Consequences or problems arise later from careless or harmful actions taken earlier; misd…
a contracorriente — To act or think in opposition to prevailing opinion, custom, or the natural course of eve…
romper la baraja — To abandon a game or situation in frustration; to take one's ball and go home.
cachicamo diciéndole a morrocoy conchudo — Calling out someone's faults when the accuser has the very same fault, especially when th…

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