{"ok":true,"trend":{"id":832490,"platform":"mastodon","region":"global","key":"«ahorrarse el chocolate del loro» es recortar un gasto insignificante y dejar intactos los grandes. según la historia po","title":"«Ahorrarse el chocolate del loro» es recortar un gasto insignificante y dejar intactos los grandes. Según la historia po","url":"https://masto.es/@mara/117375566750725945","first_seen":"2026-10-03T07:25:27.441855Z","last_seen":"2026-10-03T07:25:27.441855Z","last_rank":6,"peak_rank":6,"last_volume":1,"peak_volume":1,"seen_count":1,"score":0.98171875,"category_hint":"food","section":"life","category":"food","summary":"The Spanish expression \"ahorrarse el chocolate del loro\" describes cutting an insignificant expense while leaving major costs untouched. Popular tradition traces it to an impoverished family that cut the pet parrot's daily portion of chocolate to save money, a saving the household budget barely noticed. The irony, often noted, is that chocolate can be toxic to birds, so the cut may even have helped the parrot. People use the phrase to mock token austerity.","why":"The colorful idiom is being shared as a witty way to criticize symbolic cost-cutting that ignores big expenses.","tone":"neutral","entities":["parrot","Spain"],"summarized_at":"2026-10-03T07:26:05.969839Z","meta":{"tag":"food","via":"scan","kind":"status","lang":"es","instance":"mastodon.social","tag_uses":260},"nw":null,"promo":null,"kind":null,"importance":null,"hidden":false,"hide_reason":null,"judged_at":null,"title_en":"'Saving the parrot's chocolate': the idiom for petty cutbacks","section_name":"Life","category_name":"Food","timeline":[{"captured_at":"2026-10-03T07:25:27.441855Z","rank":6,"volume":1}],"posts":[{"platform":"mastodon","url":"https://masto.es/@mara/117375566750725945","author":"mara@masto.es","title":null,"snippet":"«Ahorrarse el chocolate del loro» es recortar un gasto insignificante y dejar intactos los grandes. Según la historia popular, una familia venida a menos retiró al loro su porción de chocolate para ahorrar. Las cuentas apenas lo notaron. La ironía: el chocolate puede ser tóxico…","posted_at":"2026-10-03T06:30:14Z","likes":1}],"elsewhere":[],"window":"7d"}}