vérsele el plumero
Meaning: Someone's true nature or hidden faults become glaringly visible.
Language: Spanish
Literally: to see the feather for him
Category: Animals
Origin: The phrase pictures a bird's plumage suddenly showing, revealing what was concealed—the literal feather becomes the giveaway.
More idioms — Animals
- a uña de caballo — To move or travel at great speed.
- hambre canina — Extreme, ravenous hunger.
- poner a los pies de los caballos — To betray or abandon someone to harm or ridicule.
- con el rabo entre las piernas — In a state of shame, defeat, or humiliation; cowed and demoralized.
- de caballo — Enormous; of impressive or overwhelming size or intensity.
- perder los estribos — To lose one's temper or composure; to become angry or agitated.
More Spanish idioms
- salga el sol por donde quiera — It does not matter what happens or what difficulties arise; one will accept whatever come…
- darse de cabezadas — To struggle uselessly against an impossible problem or obstacle.
- poner la proa — To set one's aim or course deliberately toward something; to target or pursue.
- ley del hielo — A state of deliberate coldness or refusal to speak to someone as a form of punishment or…
- ir que chuta — Something is working excellently or progressing at great speed; matters are proceeding be…
- pasarlo teta — To have an excellent, carefree time.
From our false friends
- Constipado — Actually means 'having a head cold'. Estoy constipado = I have a cold.
- Éxito — Actually means 'success'. An exit is una salida.
- Actual — Actually means 'current' or 'present'. For actual (real), say real or verdadero.