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 — A task so easy it can be done before eating.
• 棚から牡丹餅 — 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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