echar una cana al aire

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “toss a grey hair into the air”.

Verb

echar una cana al aire (first-person singular present echo una cana al aire, first-person singular preterite eché una cana al aire, past participle echado una cana al aire)

(idiomatic) to let one's hair down

Further reading

“echar alguien una cana al aire”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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