no dejar títere con cabeza

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Meanings:

1.
SpainLatin Americaneutral
- Literal: not to leave a single puppet with its head (imagery of destroying or removing all puppets).
2.
SpainLatin Americainformalcolloquial
- Figurative: to attack, criticize, or punish everyone involved so that no one is spared; to spare no one from censure or reproach.

Examples:

ES: Voy a la Bolsa, a no dejar títere con cabeza. ¿Has leído la prensa matutina?
EN: This is the greatest day of my life.
ES: Ahora que estamos solas, todos de acuerdo que es el momento de no dejar títere con cabeza.
EN: ... now that we're alone, I'm sure you'll agree that nobody is off-limits.

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