cortar un pelo en el aire

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to cut a hair in the air”.

Verb

cortar un pelo en el aire (first-person singular present corto un pelo en el aire, first-person singular preterite corté un pelo en el aire, past participle cortado un pelo en el aire)

1. (idiomatic) to be smart; to be shrewd; to be a sly fox

Further reading

• “cortar un pelo en el aire”, 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