Tocar el dos
Meaning: To clear off; to leave in a hurry.
Language: Catalan
Literally: To touch the two
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: Catalan slang in which the 'two' legs are set in motion to make a swift exit.
More idioms — Body & Senses
- Að leggja höfuðið í bleyti — To sleep on a problem and think hard about it.
- Að kasta til höndunum — To do a job carelessly and in haste.
- Að taka einhvern á beinið — To give someone a stern talking-to.
- Mať dlhé prsty — To be light-fingered; a thief.
- Biti ob živce — To be a nervous wreck.
- Sukti galvą — To rack your brains.
More Catalan idioms
- Fer figa — To give way or fail — of legs, knees or a plan.
- Fer dissabte — To give the house a big clean-up.
- Anar de bòlit — To be rushed off your feet.
- Pixar fora de test — To go off topic or be plainly mistaken.
- N'hi ha per llogar-hi cadires — The drama is so good it's worth watching like a show.
- Déu n'hi do — Wow — that's quite something.
From our untranslatable words
- Beloruchka — Someone who dodges dirty or hard work — a person whose hands stay conspicuously clean.
- Zapoi — A bender running for days, in which a person drops out of ordinary life entirely.
- Saudade — A deep, nostalgic yearning for someone or something absent — tinged with the bittersweet…