pillarse los dedos
Spanish
Verb
pillarse los dedos (first-person singular present me pillo los dedos, first-person singular preterite me pillé los dedos, past participle pillado los dedos)
- (idiomatic) to get one's fingers burnt
Further reading
- “pillarse los dedos”, 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