salirse con la suya - ¿por qué femenino?

Question

La expresión "salirse con la suya" se traduce "to get one's own way". ¿Por qué se dice "la suya"? A qué se refiere? "la cosa suya"? "la idea suya"? "la voluntad suya"?

Muchísimas gracias, porque esto me vuelve loca...

Sorry...I wish I could help. - --Mariana--, JUN 15, 2010

Interesting, I don¡t know - 00494d19, JUN 15, 2010

Answer 1

It may refer to the intention (la intención). But I could be way off.

Juan: "¡Tenía la intención de que me sirvieran más limonada sin pagar un centavo más y lo logré!" Pedro: "¡Ah! ¡Te saliste con la tuya!"

me parece posible...buena idea! - mountaingirl123, JUN 15, 2010

Answer 2

My goodness, that is an interesting one MG, I have been looking and searching and I have seen a lot of 'sayings' to do with 'way' and I see that it is translated as meaning 'manera' or 'forma' for example 'he has his own way of doing it' 'tiene su manera de.. o forma de.... hacerlo'. What do you think, it follows along with what you were thinking for it being fem.

oh, yes...very interesting...excellent point. - mountaingirl123, JUN 15, 2010

Your answer was great - I had to flip a coin to decide! Thanks for your input. - mountaingirl123, JUN 16, 2010

Answer 3

I think perhaps "la suya" is more like "the way that is yours". The "la" (the direct object) would be the "way" that "is yours" (suya). We could transliterate it as "to get the way that is yours". In English we just say, "to get your way" or "your own way" instead. Not sure if that made more sense or just made it worse!

Sorry, maestra, but "la" is definitely not a direct object here... - mountaingirl123, JUN 15, 2010