"cambiar el agua al canario" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: cambio el agua al canario [first-person, present, singular], cambié el agua al canario [first-person, preterite, singular], cambiado el agua al canario [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “to change the canary's water”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to change the canary's water}} “to change the canary's water”, {{lit|to change the canary's water}} Literally, “to change the canary's water” Head templates: {{es-verb}} cambiar el agua al canario (first-person singular present cambio el agua al canario, first-person singular preterite cambié el agua al canario, past participle cambiado el agua al canario)
  1. (idiomatic) to take a leak, spend a penny (urinate) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: cambiar el agua a las aceitunas
    Sense id: en-cambiar_el_agua_al_canario-es-verb-Q-pWgwwS Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

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