cortar un pelo en el aire

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Etymology edit

Literally, to cut a hair in the air.

Verb edit

cortar un pelo en el aire (first-person singular present corto un pelo en el aire, first-person singular preterite corté un pelo en el aire, past participle cortado un pelo en el aire)

  1. (idiomatic) to be smart; to be shrewd; to be a sly fox

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