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.

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.

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