tener la mosca detrás de la oreja in Spanish

Forms: tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja [first-person, present, singular], tuve la mosca detrás de la oreja [first-person, preterite, singular], tenido la mosca detrás de la oreja [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Literally, “have the fly behind one's ear”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|have the fly behind one's ear}} “have the fly behind one's ear”, {{lit|have the fly behind one's ear}} Literally, “have the fly behind one's ear” Head templates: {{es-verb}} tener la mosca detrás de la oreja (first-person singular present tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja, first-person singular preterite tuve la mosca detrás de la oreja, past participle tenido la mosca detrás de la oreja)

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"tener la mosca detrás de la oreja" meaning in Spanish

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