color de perro que huye

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Literally, color of a dog that flees. Extremely rare compared to similar expressions in neighbouring languages, and thus most likely a calque from one of them, like Catalan color de gos com fuig.

Noun

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color de perro que huye m (uncountable)

  1. (rare) an nonspecific or nameless color, sometimes especially an unattractive one

See also

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