de aquellos polvos, estos lodos

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “from those powders, these muds”.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /de aˌkeʝos ˌpolbos | ˌestos ˈlodos/ [d̪e aˌke.ʝos ˌpol.β̞os | ˌes.t̪os ˈlo.ð̞os] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /de aˌkeʎos ˌpolbos | ˌestos ˈlodos/ [d̪e aˌke.ʎos ˌpol.β̞os | ˌes.t̪os ˈlo.ð̞os] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /de aˌkeʃos ˌpolbos | ˌestos ˈlodos/ [d̪e aˌke.ʃos ˌpol.β̞os | ˌes.t̪os ˈlo.ð̞os] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /de aˌkeʒos ˌpolbos | ˌestos ˈlodos/ [d̪e aˌke.ʒos ˌpol.β̞os | ˌes.t̪os ˈlo.ð̞os] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: de a‧que‧llos pol‧vos, es‧tos lo‧dos

Proverb

de aquellos polvos, estos lodos

  1. (idiomatic) the chickens come home to roost

See also

  • así le/te/me luce el pelo (informal)
  • quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades
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