hacer el muerto
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, "to do the dead", loosely "play dead"
Verb
- (idiomatic) to starfish; to do the dead man's float.
Further reading
- “hacer el muerto”, 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