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Question 1

to bargain alternating severity

Answer 1

mantener un tira y afloja

Question 2

to stick to one’s guns

Answer 2

mantenerse en sus trece

Question 3

as stubborn as a mule

Answer 3

más terco que un mulo

Question 4

better alone than with bad company

Answer 4

más vale estar sólo que mal acompañado

Question 5

brain is better than brawn

Answer 5

más vale maña que fuerza

Question 6

a bird in hand is worth two in the bush

Answer 6

más vale pájaro en mano que evento volando

Question 7

it’s like water off a duck’s back

Answer 7

como quien oye llover

Question 8

better late than never

Answer 8

más vale tarde que nunca

Question 9

to kill two birds with one stone

Answer 9

matar dos pájaros de un tiro

Question 10

to lose through mistake

Answer 10

matar la gallina de los huevos de oro

Question 11

better half, soul mate

Answer 11

la media naranja

Question 12

to cheat

Answer 12

meter la mula

Question 13

put one’s foot in it

Answer 13

meter la pata

Question 14

to take one’s act somewhere else

Answer 14

meter violin en bolsa

Question 15

to bite off more than one can chew

Answer 15

meterse en camisa de once varas

Question 16

to hit the hay, go to bed

Answer 16

meterse en el sobre

Question 17

to enter the lions den

Answer 17

meterse en la boca del lobo

Question 18

to get oneself into a tight jam

Answer 18

meterse en un berenjenal

Question 19

to stare intently at sb / sth

Answer 19

mirar de hito en hito

Question 20

to bite one’s own tongue, be quiet

Answer 20

morderse la lengua