Spanish idioms
What does “Caer gordo” mean?
Caer gordo
Word for word
To fall fat
What it really means
To come across as unlikeable, to be unbearable to somebody. The one who «cae gordo» is the person disliked, not the one doing the disliking.
How we say it in English
To rub someone the wrong way
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