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SpanishPonerse las botas
Meaning: To stuff yourself with food or to profit greatly.
Literally: To put on the boots
Example: “En la boda nos pusimos las botas con el jamón.” — At the wedding we stuffed ourselves with ham.
Origin: To put on one's boots is to eat and drink one's fill, or to make a lot of money from something. The Spanish Wiktionary suggests that only the well-off once wore boots, and they were the ones who ate well, but this is offered as a possibility, not an established origin.
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