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/Sounds like "boos" (as in "boot") + "KAHR" (as in "car") + "TREHS" (as in "tread") + "PYEHS" + "AHL" (as in "art") + "GAH" (as in "garden") + "toh" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

To overcomplicate something that is perfectly simple, to look for problems where there are none. In Spain this expression describes the tendency to overanalyze or tangle up situations that need no such treatment.

Examples

No le busques tres pies al gato, es exactamente como lo expliqué.

Don't overthink it, it is exactly as I explained it.

Siempre buscando tres pies al gato en lugar de resolver y avanzar.

Always looking for complications instead of just solving things and moving forward.

Regional synonyms

To leave someone completely mesmerized and unable to think clearly, absorbed by something or someone that has total control over their attention. In Colombia and Venezuela, when something embobes you, it has so much magnetic pull that it disconnects you from everything else around you.