Estar a la que salta

Estar a la que salta
 

English?
Estar a la que salta means to be after everything good, e.g if they offer champagne in a place you´re up on everything.

éste siempre está a la que salta = he never misses a trick

also= he never misses an opportunity to criticize

Cambridge Klett also gives these options,

andar a la que salta = to seize the opportunity

estar a la que salta = to look out for an opportunity

I prefer the options given by Perikles (Oxford bilingual).
The Cambridge translation misses a bit the "durative" aspect of the Spanish expression... (or rather the "condition" or "state" of "being always looking for an opportunity...)

Nuances...

to be first in line
He's always first in line for a handout. --for example

Yes, that's is close to the first sense. (Moliner gives this, in Spanish)

Estar alguien a la que salta.

1 Estar siempre dispuesto a *aprovechar una oportunidad. *Acechar.

2 No perder ocasión de patentizar una equivocación o una falta de otro en la conversación o el trato con él. *Criticar.

I love that one.