a toro pasado

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Spanish

Etymology

Literally, after the bull has passed.

Adverb

a toro pasado

  1. (idiomatic) in hindsight; after the fact
    • 2020 July 12, Javier Cercas, “El culpable de la catástrofe”, in El País[1], Madrid, →ISSN:
      [] lo peor desde luego son las medias verdades, porque equivalen a mentiras, pero tienen sabor de la verdad: es evidente a toro pasado que lo ocurrido el 8 de marzo fue un error (o una temeridad), pero es un delirio afirmar que fue un error deliberado (o un delito de prevaricación).
      [] the worst of course are the half-truths, because they amount to lies, but they taste like the truth: it is evident in hindsight that what happened on March 8 was a mistake (or a temerity), but it is insanity to affirm that it was a deliberate error (or a crime of prevarication).

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