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Estoy de Rodriguez

iusedtoknow · 2015-07-14 18:38:11

I was just reminded of this phrase today when I was speaking to my friend in Madrid. My wife is away for two months for work, when I said it to him, he laughed and said "que bien, estais de rodriquez!". It's a funny phrase, mostly in Madrid but understood all over spain, basically - "the cat's away!". They think it started…

14-07-2015 7:38pm

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iusedtoknow

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I was just reminded of this phrase today when I was speaking to my friend in Madrid.

My wife is away for two months for work, when I said it to him, he laughed and said "que bien, estais de rodriquez!". It's a funny phrase, mostly in Madrid but understood all over spain, basically - "the cat's away!".

They think it started when families would leave madrid for the summer, leaving the father to work before joining them for a couple of weeks at the playa. If he got lonely and would visit brothels, it would be common to give the name "rodriguez" as it was a common name (like Murphy). Now it just means that the family are gone and you are left to your devices

It is one of my favorite phrases.

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#2 14-07-2015 10:38pm

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My brother told me they've a similar concept in Chile which is "soltero de verano", quite like that one too.

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#3 28-06-2020 9:17pm

Nadiua

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Ajá, eso es cierto jajaja

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#4 11-10-2020 11:48pm

Joseper

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En mi país no se usa esta frase.

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