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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024