harina de otro costal

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, "wheat from another bag".

Noun

harina de otro costal f (uncountable)

  1. a horse of a different color; a different matter.
    • 1847, Wenceslao Ayguals de Izco, Juan Eugenio Harzenbusch, Album de momo, page 391:
      Para eso alcanzo la gloria allá, que eso es harina de otro costal.
      For that past glory, that's another matter.
    • 1962, Azorín, Obras selectas, page 1124:
      Eso es harina de otro costal! Y de esa harina voy a hablarles a ustedes.
      That is wheat from a different bag! And of that wheat I will to talk to you.
    • 2005, Emilio Bobadilla, A fuego lento
      —Eso es harina de otro costal –repuso Baranda–. Los padres tienen la presunción de creer que ellos son los únicos capaces de educar a sus hijos.
      "That's another matter," said Baranda. Parents have the presumption to believe that they are the only ones able to educate their children.

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