Tomar el pelo

Meaning: To pull someone's leg; to tease.

Language: Spanish

Literally: To take someone's hair

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: Possibly from the practice of pulling beards as an insult.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• Avere le braccine corte — To be stingy; to never reach for the check.
• Empurrar com a barriga — To procrastinate; to keep delaying something.
• Τρώω τα νύχια μου — I'm extremely anxious and impatient.
• Casser les pieds à quelqu'un — To annoy or bore someone greatly.
• Avoir un poil dans la main — To be extremely lazy.
• Prendre ses jambes à son cou — To run away very fast.

More Spanish idioms

• Ponerse las botas — To stuff yourself with food or to profit greatly.
• estar en la luna de Valencia — Completely distracted or absent-minded, oblivious to what's happening around you.
• irse por los cerros de Úbeda — To digress or wander off-topic during conversation without purpose or reason.
• comerse un rosco — To fail completely or strike out; to get nothing at all in a romantic or competitive cont…
• estar más claro que el agua — Something is obvious, evident, and beyond any doubt or confusion.
• tener un rabo de paja — To feel guilty or anxious about something, fearing exposure of a personal fault or secret.

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