echar una cana al aire
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “toss a grey hair into the air”.
Verb
echar una cana al aire (first-person singular present echo una cana al aire, first-person singular preterite eché una cana al aire, past participle echado una cana al aire)
- (idiomatic) to let one's hair down
Further reading
- “echar alguien una cana al aire”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024