pasar por las horcas caudinas
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Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to pass through the Caudine Forks”. Compare French passer sous les fourches caudines, Italian passare sotto le forche caudine.
Verb
[edit]pasar por las horcas caudinas (first-person singular present paso por las horcas caudinas, first-person singular preterite pasé por las horcas caudinas, past participle pasado por las horcas caudinas)
Further reading
[edit]- “pasar alguien por las horcas caudinas”, 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