a la cuarta pregunta
Spanish
Adverb
- (idiomatic) down and out; stone-broke
- Synonym: a dos velas
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- -Mira, sobrinita, esto es todo lo que poseo. Los tiempos revolucionarios nos tienen a los pobres obispos a la cuarta pregunta.
- Look, dear niece, this is all I own. The days of the revolution have made us poor bishops out of pocket.
Further reading
- “a la cuarta pregunta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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