
IdiomFood & Drink
Spanish
Ponerse como una sopa
Meaning: To get soaked to the bone.
Literally: To get like a soup
Example: “Salí sin paraguas y me puse como una sopa.” — I went out without an umbrella and got soaked to the skin.
English equivalent: Soaked to the skin
Origin: A sopa was originally a slice of bread soaked in broth, and the dish took its name from it. Getting as wet as a sopa is being soaked right through, like that bread. Spanish also says estar hecho una sopa, and French has the same comparison in trempé comme une soupe.
Equivalents in other languages
French: Trempé comme une soupe Literally: Soaked like a soupEnglish: soaked to the skin
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