El carrito de San Fernando
n.— «El carrito de San Fernando, un ratico a pie y otro caminando. (San Fernando’s car, a little bit on foot and a little bit walking.) A popular way of saying that you got someplace by walkin» —“Words of advice, & español, for Mike” by Albor Ruiz N.Y. Daily News (New York City) Oct. 14, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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