buscarle tres pies al gato — meaning & examples
Language: es
Meanings:
- To make something unnecessarily complicated; to look for problems or complications where none exist.
- To overanalyze a situation or to invent difficulties without justification.
Examples
BetaNo le busques tres pies al gato; la solución es mucho más simple de lo que imaginas.
Don't make it unnecessarily complicated; the solution is much simpler than you imagine.
Estás buscando tres pies al gato cuando solo hay un problema pequeño y fácil de resolver.
You are looking for problems where there are none when there is only a small and easy problem to solve.
Si dejamos de buscarle tres pies al gato, podríamos terminar este proyecto más rápido.
If we stop overcomplicating things, we could finish this project faster.
Examples:
- ES: - Eso es buscarle tres pies al gato.EN: Isn't that rather a fine distinction?
- ES: Si la fe no te ayuda, ya puedes buscarle tres pies al gato.EN: If faith doesn't help you, you can go looking for trouble.
- ES: Su majestad quiere buscarle tres pies al gato. ¡Maldita sea!EN: His Lordship wishes to split hairs. Quit gabbin'.
- ES: No hay que buscarle tres pies al gato.EN: Never rub another man's rhubarb.EN: Don't go looking for trouble.
- ES: Y ya que nadie es racialmente puro aquí, ¿qué sentido tiene para nosotr@s buscarle tres pies al gato tratando de saber quién tiene la verdadera sangre negra?EN: And since nobody is racially pure around here, what sense does it make for us to split hairs and genes trying to figure out who's got the true black blood?
- ES: ¿Por qué no le preguntas en lugar de buscarle tres pies al gato?EN: After you finish playing footsie, why don't you go ask her?
- ES: ¿Por qué siempre tienes que buscarle tres pies al gato?EN: Why do you always have to pick away at everything like that?EN: Why do you always have to pick away at everything like that?
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