'Caer en el,polvo'

Question

Que significa 'care en el polvo'? Es un modismo?

Gracias

Answer 1

I haven't come across caer en el polvo although I guess it may have a similar meaning to morder el polvo 'to bite the dust' - to be beaten, humilliated or to give up.

Kiwi, you may be correct :) I have never seen or heard of that variation befeor for bite the dust and wonder if it might simply be wrong! - FELIZ77, Jun 21, 2013

Answer 2

I don't recognise that one either but hecho polvo is a very common phrase meaning you are very tired, "knackered". hecho polvo

Answer 3

"A comer polvo" aquí:

pero con una significación mucho diferente: http://www.laaficion.com/noticias/127002-world-rally-comer-polvo

Y probablemente es un EEUUismo ("being behind in a race")

comer y morder son americanismos, pero si fuera a elegir una seria "morder el polvo" - chileno, Jun 23, 2013

Answer 4

"morder el polvo" aquí:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1428032

Answer 5

"En vez de lluvia, Yavé te mandará cenizas y polvo, que caerán del cielo hasta que te hayan barrido" [Deut 28.24]

Notice the comma in the title. So much pachinko, so little time.

Answer 6

En todo caso "to bite the dust" translates as "caer al polvo/suelo/piso"

Garcias. No "morder", eh? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUCH7UjLiQY - EugenioCosta, Jun 22, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE - EugenioCosta, Jun 22, 2013

If you run, "caer en el, polvo" it leads to a different Deut. Pachinko and more pachinko. - EugenioCosta, Jun 22, 2013

Gracias. - annierats, Jun 22, 2013

Morder el polvo es un americanismo... - chileno, Jun 23, 2013