gastar la pólvora en salvas
Spanish
Verb
gastar la pólvora en salvas (first-person singular present gasto la pólvora en salvas, first-person singular preterite gasté la pólvora en salvas, past participle gastado la pólvora en salvas)
- (idiomatic) to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic
Further reading
- “gastar la pólvora en salvas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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