tíralle do aire
Galician
Phrase
tíralle do aire
- (idiomatic) "Take away his/her air" or "Pull him/her by his/her air". Used to express admiration for a negative event, or to express the impossibility of changing an older decision which had a negative result
- 2005, Barcos a pique, Santiago de Compostela: USC (→ISBN), page 136:
- Agora, sacar a gorra e pola. Ou sexa, agora tíralle do aire. O Bloque non podía facer outra cousa. Ou afeitar en seco a quen o humillou, ou pór o cu aos azoutes.
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- 2005, Barcos a pique, Santiago de Compostela: USC (→ISBN), page 136:
References
- Cerviño Ferrín, M. V. (2013), "Fraseoloxía e paremioloxía de Sebil, 2" in Cadernos de Fraseoloxía Galega, 15, 2013, page 459. ISSN 1698-7861.