marear la perdiz

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, "to daze the partridge". It comes from bird hunting. Before launching the birds to fly to hunt them, the hunters set on them a little, with dogs or beaters so that they get scared and fly away, but it is done repeatedly, thus delayung the beginning of the hunt.

Verb

marear la perdiz

  1. (idiomatic) to mess around, to dilly-dally
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