se fueron como la "chacha" - What is the English translation? English translators help general English translators with the translation of se fueron como la "chacha"

Conges terminology question

110 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	se fueron como la "chacha"
Context:	Por ejemplo, le dio un espacio en una de sus oficinas a Ernesto Domínguez, el actual secretario de Relaciones Exeriores, cuando este dejó su trabajo y se unió a la campaña de Ruiz Descartes. Según mencionó el mismo don Pedro, cuando ganaron se fueron como la "chacha", como se dice coloquialmente, sin avisar y llevándose hasta los muebles de la oficina que él les había prestado.

The answer of María P. Álvarez was rated best

"they left through the back door"

My comment:

The phrase "como la chacha" refers to the maid of the house. Back in the day (although not that long ago), maids were cheap labour for the owners of a dwelling, often receiving small wages for their labours. When the maid was offered a better-paying job elsewhere (or were simply bored), they often left by the back entrance (the "service door"), without any notice or warning to the owner and , sometimes, taking something of value with them as 'remuneration' for the last week's/month's salary due them.