salir el tiro por la culata
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “have the shot come out of the (rifle) butt”.
Verb
[edit]salir el tiro por la culata (first-person singular present salgo el tiro por la culata, first-person singular preterite salí el tiro por la culata, past participle salido el tiro por la culata)
Further reading
[edit]- “salir el tiro por la culata”, 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