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tener un pie en el estribo = tener siempre la maleta lista---> estar siempre presto a viajar
tener un pie en el estribo (para el viaje final) ---> tener un pie en la tumba
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Gran Diccionario Oxford:
estribo masculino A 1 (Equitación) stirrup; con un pie en el estribo ready to go; perder los estribos to fly off the handle, lose one's cool; tomarse la del estribo to have one for the road (familiar) |
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"Estribo" is the stirrup hanging at both sides of a saddled horse, where you put your foot in to mount the animal, "so to have a foot in it" means that you're ready to get on the horse and go away any moment.
By extension (not the immediate meaning though), you can also use it to mean someone is about to die, as if they were going to make a trip (with no return).
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Should be, because it's already in RAE
Searching for pie: Quote:
I also use Perikle's "perder los estribos" to fly off the handle, lose one's cool saludos ![]()
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