aixafar la guitarra

Literally, “to smash the guitar”.

aixafar la guitarra (first-person singular present aixafo la guitarra, first-person singular preterite aixafí la guitarra, past participle aixafat la guitarra)

1. to upset the applecart, to spoil plans (a algú someone's)

   Em van aixafar la guitarra unes turistes que parlaven en anglès i que es van plantar davant meu. ― My plans were spoiled by some tourists who spoke English and stationed themselves in front of me.

• aixafaguitarres

• “guitarra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007