sacar los pies del plato

Spanish

Verb

sacar los pies del plato (first-person singular present saco los pies del plato, first-person singular preterite saqué los pies del plato, past participle sacado los pies del plato)

1. (idiomatic) to step out of line

Further reading

• “sacar los pies del plato, o del tiesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28