"matar al mensajero" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: mato al mensajero [first-person, present, singular], maté al mensajero [first-person, preterite, singular], matado al mensajero [participle, past]
Head templates: {{es-verb}} matar al mensajero (first-person singular present mato al mensajero, first-person singular preterite maté al mensajero, past participle matado al mensajero)
  1. (idiomatic) to shoot the messenger Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-matar_al_mensajero-es-verb-ZAYKOHe5 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header
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