mirar las musarañas

Language: es

1.
SpainLatin Americainformalcolloquial
- To daydream or be absentminded; to stare into space and fail to pay attention to what is happening.
2.
SpainLatin Americaneutral
- Literally, to look at shrews (an archaic literal image underlying the idiom).

Examples:

ES: - Si me quedo en Arma o me pongo a mirar las musarañas.
EN: - If I have to stay in the army... or I need to go and harvest prickly pears.
ES: ¿No puedes sentarte aqui a mirar las musarañas?
EN: Can't you just sit there and look out into the air?

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