meterse en camisa de once varas

Meanings:

• 1.

  SpainLatin Americaarchaicliterary
  • To put on a shirt made from eleven varas (an old unit of measure); literal, historical phrasing.

• 2.

  SpainLatin Americaidiomaticcolloquialformal
  • To involve oneself in an unnecessarily complicated, risky, or troublesome matter; to create or enter into needless difficulties.