In the past prisoners that worked out of prison were given an iron ball so that they couldn’t escape. Therefore the sentence ‘give me the tail’.ĭear Venezuelans, be careful when using this idiom in Spain (it’s better to skip it from the beginning) they may end up giving you another tail (‘cola’ in Spain is the male thing). It’s said that during independence battles horses were scarce so most of soldiers had to walk long distances. When soldiers had to go up a steep path they asked the ones with horses to let them hold the tails so that they could get there faster. “Of course, petrol is really cheap here…” “Épale, chamo, ¿me das la cola hasta mi casa?” (hey guy! would you ride me home?) Pedir la cola (ask for the tail) is to ask someone for a ride. Maybe they both play music? Or you stretch your arm to play that instrument? 4. What does a violin have to do with an armpit? I have no idea. Don’t ask me why, I’ve run out of creativity. “Te va a morder un peluche” (a teddy bear will bite you) would be a synonym of this sentence. That’s why they are so smarty that not any car will do but an ice-cream truck and they will benefit from it. A real example (it has happened to me) a lady cuts the line in the supermarket and the one that was first yells at her, ‘wait the line, an ice-cream truck will pass you over’. It’s used when someone is so ‘pila’ (a know-it-all) that he tries to cut the line or turn a deaf ear.

It literally means ‘an ice-cream truck will pass you over’. This one may be a bit hard to understand.

Te va a llevar un carrito de helados/polos If you would like to stress the fact that you are really mad, substitute arrecho by arrechísimo (very arrecho). Oh, Spanish language, how varied and beautiful you are! In Venezuela it means to be angry while in Colombia is to be horny. Colombians also use it but they mean something else. As in every country common sentences depend on the region but I bring you the most common and the funniest ones I heard when visiting the country for the first time. Venezuelans are really original when it comes to daily idioms.

Tails of iron teddy bear