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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “one's soul to fall to one's feet”.
Verb
caérsele el alma a los pies (first-person singular present se me cae el alma a los pies, first-person singular preterite se me cayó el alma a los pies, past participle caído el alma a los pies)
- (idiomatic) to be crestfallen
- Synonym: caérsele los palos del sombrajo
1888, José María de Pereda, Esbozos y rasguños, Reminiscencias:-Me parece demasiado fino esto -decía nuestra madre cuando ya había tentado, resobado y olido el género a la luz del sol, con lo cual se nos caía el alma a los pies, y la ilusión con el alma.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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