"cortar un pelo en el aire" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: corto un pelo en el aire [first-person, present, singular], corté un pelo en el aire [first-person, preterite, singular], cortado un pelo en el aire [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “to cut a hair in the air”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to cut a hair in the air}} “to cut a hair in the air”, {{lit|to cut a hair in the air}} Literally, “to cut a hair in the air” Head templates: {{es-verb}} cortar un pelo en el aire (first-person singular present corto un pelo en el aire, first-person singular preterite corté un pelo en el aire, past participle cortado un pelo en el aire)
  1. (idiomatic) to be smart; to be shrewd; to be a sly fox Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cortar_un_pelo_en_el_aire-es-verb-ZEupZTvI Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

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