Ponerse como una sopa
Meaning: To get soaked to the bone.
Language: Spanish
Literally: To get like a soup
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Bread 'sopa' soaks up liquid completely, just as a person drenched through by the rain.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Estar hasta en la sopa — To be everywhere; impossible to avoid.
- 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.
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.
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