cuspir para arriba

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Galician

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Literally, spit upwards.

Verb

[edit]

cuspir para arriba (first-person singular present cuspo para arriba, first-person singular preterite cuspín para arriba, past participle cuspido para arriba)

  1. (idiomatic) what goes around, comes around; to harm oneself by one's own actions
    • 2016, Malandrómeda (lyrics and music), “VHS do futuro”:
      Esa caixa que está embaixo da cama esquencida
      garda enterrada outra vida,
      un pasado antes de cuspir para arriba,
      afogado por unha rutina cativa
      That forgotten box under the bed
      keeps buried another life,
      a past before spitting upwards,
      drowned by a midget routine;

Conjugation

[edit]


References

[edit]