fumar como chino en quiebra: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  Spainsome Latin AmericacolloquialinformalpejorativeMachine
  • To smoke excessively or continuously; to chain‑smoke.
  • To smoke in an extreme or uncontrolled manner (expression contains an ethnic reference and may be considered offensive).

  Examples

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  • Mi tío fuma como chino en quiebra; no puede estar ni cinco minutos sin un cigarrillo.

    My uncle smokes like a chimney; he can't go five minutes without a cigarette.

  • Si sigues fumando como chino en quiebra, vas a tener serios problemas de salud muy pronto.

    If you keep chain-smoking like crazy, you're going to have serious health problems very soon.

  • En la fiesta, Juan estuvo fumando como chino en quiebra y todo el mundo le pidió que parara.

    At the party, Juan was chain-smoking uncontrollably and everyone asked him to stop.