pagar los platos rotos
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “pay for the broken plates”.
Verb
pagar los platos rotos (first-person singular present pago los platos rotos, first-person singular preterite pagué los platos rotos, past participle pagado los platos rotos)
- (idiomatic) to carry the can
Further reading
- “pagar alguien los platos rotos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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