de ceca en meca: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  SpainLatin Americainformalcolloquial
  • Moving from one place to another repeatedly or aimlessly; being sent about or bounced around without achieving a result.
  • Going all over the place in search of something, often with difficulty or frustration.

  Examples

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  • Después de hacer varias gestiones de ceca en meca, finalmente consiguieron la documentación necesaria.

    After going from place to place repeatedly, they finally got the necessary documents.

  • Me han enviado de ceca en meca para resolver el problema, pero nadie me da una solución clara.

    They’ve sent me bouncing around aimlessly to solve the problem, but no one gives me a clear answer.

  • Estuvimos de ceca en meca toda la mañana buscando un taller abierto para arreglar el coche.

    We were going from one place to another all morning looking for an open workshop to fix the car.