ser soplar y hacer botellas
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This idiom may also be written "soplar y hacer botella" and may be literally translated as "to be blowing and making bottles."
ser soplar y hacer botellas
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (colloquial) (idiom) (to be very easy) (South America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
a. to be a piece of cake (colloquial) (idiom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Oyendo hablar al escalador, se diría que subir al Everest es soplar y hacer botellas.Listening to the climber speak, one might think that to climb Everest is a piece of cake.
b. to be as easy as ABC (colloquial) (idiom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Hay que estudiar mucho para ser médico. No es soplar y hacer botellas.You have to study very hard to become a doctor. It's not as easy as ABC.
c. to be a cinch (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Ernesto es muy inteligente y, para él, resolver esas ecuaciones tan complicadas es soplar y hacer botellas.Ernesto is very intelligent, and for him, solving those complicated equations is a cinch.
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