Another Argentine idiom goes arrugaste como frenada de gusano. It means “You were scared,” but literally, it’s “You wrinkled like a stopping worm.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Argentine Worm Idiom”
Grant, I have another idiom for you from Spanish that refers to somebody who’s afraid of something.
You know, we might say that they’re a chicken.
In Spanish, you say,
Arrugaste como frenada de gusano.
You wrinkle like a stopping worm.
Oh, because you kind of shrink back maybe?
Well, you know how a worm is going along really fast and then, well, they don’t go along really fast.
That doesn’t make sense, but it’s almost like a cartoon image.
You wrinkled like a stopping worm.
Sort of like a little accordion.
I don’t know.
It’s a little poem in a tiny phrase.
Love those idioms.
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