pico de oro
Meaning: someone with exceptional eloquence or persuasive speech.
Language: Spanish
Literally: beak of gold
Category: Animals
Origin: The phrase pictures the mouth (beak) as precious and valuable, suggesting words that flow like gold.
More idioms — Animals
- no decir ni pío — to remain completely silent or say nothing at all.
- vérsele el plumero — Someone's true nature or hidden faults become glaringly visible.
- a uña de caballo — To move or travel at great speed.
- hambre canina — Extreme, ravenous hunger.
- 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.
More Spanish idioms
- sacar las castañas del fuego — to rescue someone from a difficult situation or to solve a problem at one's own risk or e…
- arma de doble filo — something that has both positive and negative consequences, or can harm the user as easil…
- tirar de la manta — to reveal a secret or expose something hidden; to blow the lid off a situation.
- poner el broche de oro — To add a final, perfect touch that completes or perfects something.
- correrse una juerga — To live wildly or indulge in a bout of revelry and excess.
- llevar la delantera — To be ahead of others; to hold a lead or advantage.
From our tongue twisters
- El cielo está enladrillado, ¿quién lo desenladrillará? — A brutal test of the rolled 'r' and 'l'.
- 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.