no van por ahí los tiros
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “the shots aren't going over there”.
Phrase
- (idiomatic) to get it all wrong; to be nothing like that
Further reading
- “no van por ahí los tiros”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025