comerse el tarro — meaning & examples

Language: es

Meanings:

1.
Spaincolloquialinformal
- To overthink or worry excessively about something; to obsess or ruminate to the point of distress.
- To rack one’s brain trying to solve a problem or to worry oneself needlessly.
Examples
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- No dejes que te comas el tarro con esa idea, Ana; a veces es mejor relajarse un poco.
  Don't let yourself overthink that idea, Ana; sometimes it's better to relax a bit.
- Me he estado comiendo el tarro toda la noche pensando en qué podría haber hecho mal en la reunión.
  I've been overthinking all night about what I might have done wrong in the meeting.
- Si sigues comiéndote el tarro por cosas que no puedes controlar, solo te vas a agobiar más.
  If you keep worrying excessively about things you can't control, you'll only stress yourself more.

Examples:

ES: Lo sé, lo sé, pero no es como para comerse el tarro.
EN: Wasn't anything serious.
ES: - Te diré algo, tío, has elegido para volver un caso con el que comerse el tarro.
EN: - Tell you what, man, you picked a head-scratcher of a case to come back to.

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