Meanings (ES + gloss)
caja de sorpresa • caja sorpresa de jack
Children’s toy consisting of a small box from which a male figure pops out unexpectedly after some turnings of a crank.
"Did you venture to call me a liar?" ("No, sir, no!" shouted the accused, and disappeared like a Jack-in-the-box.)
“There’s this terrible business to start with. Scotland Yard men in and out of the house like a jack-in-the-box! Never know where they won’t turn up next.”
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