no estar el horno para bollos
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “(for the) oven not to be (ready) for buns”.
Verb
[edit]no estar el horno para bollos (impersonal, third-person singular present no está el horno para bollos, third-person singular preterite no estuvo el horno para bollos, past participle no estado el horno para bollos)
- (idiomatic, impersonal) not be the right time
See also
[edit]- con la que está cayendo (interjection)
Further reading
[edit]- “no estar el horno para bollos, o para tortas”, 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