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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “ one's saint to go to the sky”.
Verb
írsele el santo al cielo (impersonal, third-person singular present se le va el santo al cielo, third-person singular preterite se le fue el santo al cielo, past participle le ido el santo al cielo)
- (idiomatic, impersonal) to forget what one was going to say
¡Se me fue el santo al cielo!- I totally forget what I was saying!
Usage notes
The pronoun le serves the function of indirect object, and thus can be replaced by the dative case of any personal pronoun, e.g.: se me fue el santo al cielo, se te fue el santo al cielo, se nos fue el santo al cielo, etc..
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