"echar todo a rodar"

Question

Similar to my previous question, I'd like to know how this idiom is used in context.

I understand it to mean "to make a fizzle".

Gracias,

Tim

Could you give the context?The uses are quite varied. - annierats, Jan 29, 2013

Answer 1

"Echar" idioms are wonderfully diverse! I hope somebody can start a flashcard set of them!

Answer 2

I have heard it translated, 'to mess things up or to spoil things'.

Answer 3

Sorry girls, but I have to agree with Gallo on this one. As an idiom, "echar (todo) a rodar" is the same as "echar (todo) a perder"; both mean "to spoil (everything)".

Thanks, Julian! - --Mariana--, Jan 30, 2013

Answer 4

Hmmm I thought it meant, set in motion, get things rolling or sometimes to make apparent.

Answer 5

I asked this question a while ago. I hope this helps.

http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/190790/what-is-this-idiomatic-expression-echar-todo-a-rodar.-i

Answer 6

To make heads roll. ( i.e trouble)

It can also be used for : to set in motion, to roll down the hill. ( as Kiwis says)