Marcar el paso de la oca

Marcar el paso de la oca
 

Does anyone know what this means?

El paso de ganso. La manera prusiana de hacer marchar los soldados en desfile.

Generalmente remite a la idea de totalitarismo o autoritarismo dada su asociación con manifestaciones públicas y masivas de nazismo explícito.

OK
This translates directly goose step. I can't believe I couldn't figure this out on my own:o

That is, if you knew what "oca" means. Not everybody does, even native speakers. Most people call all those birds "gansos".. :p

There's a third word: "ánsar".. did you know it? I learned it by doing crosswords.. haha.

;)

In Spain there's a children's game called "el juego de la oca" (which seems to be roughly snakes and ladders - although I'm sure the small child who taught me to play was cheating, so I don't know what the actual rules are) which with a suitably illustrated board gets the vocab across early.

Yes, that's a game and you're right, it's similar to 'snakes and ladders' and has nothing to do with geese.;)