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Old March 31, 2015, 02:00 PM
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Ricemos el rizo
Is this like guilding a lilly?
Is this term used outside of Spain?
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AFAIK, only in Spain.

rizar el rulo = to overcomplicate something, complicate unnecessarily / to cause to be swamped with minute details

sometimes used -I think in a wrong way- as "to make things worse", "echar leña al fuego" or "eramos pocos, y parió la abuela".
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