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Meaning of ni rey ni roque



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Felipe Lorenzo del Río

ni rey ni roque
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Colloquial substantive locution, the Dictionary tells us, which means: no one without distinction. Everyone is excluded in the matter in question. The expression alludes to the chess pieces of the king and the rook, which was formerly called roque, hence the castling move.

  



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Fernando Arriola Meneses

That a person has no responsibility or liability.

  










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