a uña de caballo

Spanish

Adverb

a uña de caballo

(idiomatic) riding (a horse) as fast as one can
- 1891, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ángel Guerra:
  
  […] salir pitando para Portugal a uña de caballo.
  get out there and make for Portugal as fast as his horse's legs could carry him.
(idiomatic) like a bat out of hell
Synonym: a matacaballo

Further reading

“a uña de caballo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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