
Day 17 · Idiom
For someone who won't stop nagging
Dar la lata
dar lah LAH-tah — To be a pain / nag
"Mi hermano pequeño me está dando la lata todo el día."
My little brother has been bugging me all day.
Literally "to give the tin can" — nobody's sure exactly why, but it's a very common way to complain about someone being annoying or persistent.
"My mother used this on me constantly as a teenager. Fair, probably."— Graciela