Spanish: Estar Como Perro En Canoa

Type: Expression

Literal Meaning: to be like a dog in a canoe

Meaning: to be as jumpy as a flea at a rodeo

Pedro quiere ser contrabandista pero realmente no tiene cojones para esto cuando carga algo illegal, está como perro en canoa. (Pedro wants to be a drug runner but he really doesn’t have the balls for it when he’s carrying something illegal, he’s as jumpy as a flea at a rodeo.)