harina de otro costal - Wiktionary, the free dictionary


Article Images

Literally, “flour from another bag”.

harina de otro costal f (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) a horse of a different color; a different matter

    • 1847, Wenceslao Ayguals de Izco, Juan Eugenio Harzenbusch, Album de momo, page 391:

      Para eso alcanzo la gloria allá, que eso es harina de otro costal.

      For that past glory, that's another matter.

    • 1962, Azorín, Obras selectas, page 1124:

      Eso es harina de otro costal! Y de esa harina voy a hablarles a ustedes.

      That is wheat from a different bag! And of that wheat I will to talk to you.

    • 2005, Emilio Bobadilla, A fuego lento:

      —Eso es harina de otro costal –repuso Baranda–. Los padres tienen la presunción de creer que ellos son los únicos capaces de educar a sus hijos.

      "That's another matter," said Baranda. Parents have the presumption to believe that they are the only ones able to educate their children.