llevarse el gato al agua
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “bring the cat to the water”.
Verb
[edit]llevarse el gato al agua (first-person singular present me llevo el gato al agua, first-person singular preterite me llevé el gato al agua, past participle llevado el gato al agua)
- (idiomatic) to pull it off (succeed)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “llevarse el gato al agua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10