hacer de su capa un sayo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to make a raincoat from one's cape”.
Verb
[edit]- (idiomatic) to do whatever one fancies, to do as one pleases
Further reading
[edit]- “hacer de mi, tu, su, etc., capa un sayo”, 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