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CON OJOS DE VACA CAGONA: Idiomatic Spanish Slang Expression

CON OJOS DE VACA CAGONA: Idiomatic Spanish Slang ExpressionSpanish Slang Expression: CON OJOS DE VACA CAGONA

Literal English Translation:
With eyes of a shitting cow

Definition:
Really, really scared. If you’ve never seen it, you can imagine how big the eyes of a cow get when it is straining to shit

Equivalent in English:
Scared shitless

You can find this illustration and many others in my book Speaking Phrases Boricua: A Collection of Wisdom and Sayings from Puerto Rico.

Besides Puerto Rico, do you know which other countries use this Spanish slang expression?

Check out these other Spanish Slang Expressions articles.


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