Spanish Expressions With Animals

I enjoy learning new expressions in Spanish, especially those involving animals. Two of my new favorites are está como una cabra and estás como una vaca sin cencerro. It´s all about goats and cows today!😀

Está como una cabra describes someone who is crazy, wako, out of their mind, mad as a hatter. I found this expression in a reading and listening practice exercise at Practice with Lawless Spanish. The title is ¡Está como una cabra! where a person talks about their crazy neighbor.

Estás como una vaca sin cencerro comes to me from a short video clip from Pedro Almodóvar´s 1995 film El flor de mi secreto. It is used to describe someone who is lost, aimless, without direction or purpose. In this touching scene a mother and a daughter honestly speak about the loneliness each has experienced.

I am happy to have discovered the film El flor de mi secreto and to have watched this moving scene.

And I have enjoyed learning two Spanish expressions!

196 Flags from Around the World.

Here is a link to Visual Capitalist's infographic of 196 flags from around the world. Visualizing Design: 196 Flags of Countries Around the World (visualcapitalist.com) An d here is a link to the full-size version .

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Here is an inforgraphic of the 100 Most Spoken Languages Around The World. It comes from Visual Capitalist and Wordtips . While English and Mandarin Chinese have the most overall speakers, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish have the most native speakers. It's best to go to one of these links to properly see the infographic. Ranked: The 100 Most Spoken Languages Worldwide (visualcapitalist.com) The 100 Most-Spoken Languages in the World (word.tips)

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