verle las orejas al lobo

verle las orejas al lobo

to see the red light, wake up to a danger, realize things could go wrong

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to get a sudden fright

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(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming

Ex. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.

Ex. The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.

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(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming

Ex: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.

Ex: The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.