llegar y besar el santo
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “turn up and kiss the saint”.
Verb
[edit]llegar y besar el santo (first-person singular present llego y beso el santo, first-person singular preterite llegué y besé el santo, past participle llegado y besado el santo)
- (idiomatic) to do something super-quickly, in a flash
Further reading
[edit]- “llegar y besar el santo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28