Jan 26, 2018 12:16
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Spanish term

Fuera de madre

Non-PRO Spanish to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Hi, I'm wondering if any Spanish speakers could help me understand the meaning of the expression 'fuera de madre' in the following sentence: 'De pronto rompe la armonia el latido de dos corazones fuera de madre'.

I think it means 'unexpectedly/out of nowhere' in this context, as the sound of two hearts beating suddenly interrupts the silence, but I'm not sure. All suggestions much appreciated!
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Proposed translations

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Out of control

A river "fuera de madre" is flooded. It indicates something out of its natural course, exaggetrated, etc.
Example sentence:

El Boca Juniors ha perdido y la bombonera está fuera de madre

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, 'out of control' is perfect! :)"
5 hrs

out of sync

I wasn´t expecting to find a reference, but there were a couple:

It's Official... I'm An Alien With Two Hearts Beating Out of ...
www.liveleak.com/view?i=a67_1486160183
I'm An Alien With Two Hearts Beating Out of Sync ... If you want to try this experiment yourself to see if I'm some magician who can slow his heart rate on one ...
Evoked Potentials: A Novel - Page 50 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com.ar/books?isbn=1491711736
Pat Dannenberg - 2013 - ‎Fiction
Processing the input, the tyrant in chakra three backed off to yellow alert, but kept the system armed with safeties on. Meanwhile in our fourth chakras, two hearts were beating out of sync, his measured and steady, mine erratic. Fogarty cocked his head slightly to the right and fixed his gaze upon me. He appeared to monitor ..
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