echar las muelas

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to throw out (one's) molars”.

Verb

echar las muelas (first-person singular present echo las muelas, first-person singular preterite eché las muelas, past participle echado las muelas)

(idiomatic) to be hopping mad; to be in a massive rage

Further reading

“echar las muelas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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