When someone is perseverating or worrying too much, some Spanish speakers will suggest they stop obsessing with the phrase no te comas el coco. Literally, it means “don’t eat the coconut,” the word coco in Spanish being slang for “head.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Don’t Eat the Coconut”
In many Spanish-speaking countries, if you’re thinking obsessively about something, you know, replaying it over and over in your head, somebody might say to you, no te comas el coco, which literally means don’t eat the coconut.
And in this case, coconut is slang for head, you know, so it’s like don’t consume your head. Consume your head. That’s interesting.
What is it again in Spanish? No te comas el coco.
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