Body

Question 1

estár a las narices

Answer 1

to be fed up to the back teeth (lit. to be up to the nostrils)

Question 2

comer de la mano

Answer 2

to eat out of (someone’s) hand

Question 3

tomar el pelo

Answer 3

to pull (someone’s) leg (lit. to take the hair)

Question 4

sonreir de oreja a oreja

Answer 4

to grin from ear to ear

Question 5

poner los dientes largos

Answer 5

to be green with envy (lit. to make the teeth long)

Question 6

no tener ojos en la cara

Answer 6

to not have eyes in your head (lit. face)

Question 7

no tener pelos en la lengua

Answer 7

not to mince words (lit. not to have hairs on the tongue)

Question 8

estar tocado de la cabeza

Answer 8

to be soft (lit. touched) in the head

Question 9

tener la cara dura

Answer 9

to be sassy (lit. to have a hard face)

Question 10

tener los pies en la tierra

Answer 10

to have one’s feet on the ground

Question 11

tener algo entre manos

Answer 11

to have something up one’s sleeve (lit. to have something between hands)

Question 12

hablar por los codos

Answer 12

to be a chatterbox (lit. to talk through one’s elbows)

Question 13

Meter la pata

Answer 13

To put your foot in it

Question 14

Ser uña y carne

Answer 14

To be joined at the hip or as thick as thieves

Question 15

costar un ojo de la cara

Answer 15

to cost an arm and a leg

Question 16

no pegar el ojo

Answer 16

to not sleep a wink

Question 17

no tener ni pies ni cabeza

Answer 17

to make no sense

Question 18

quemarse las pestañas

Answer 18

to burn the midnight oil

Question 19

Ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente

Answer 19

if you are not around to witness something negative, or don’t find out about it, then it cannot hurt you.

What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over

Question 20

Ser uña y mugre

Answer 20

when two people are too close and do everything together.

Question 21

Estar en cueros

Answer 21

To be naked

Question 22

Arrimar el hombro

Answer 22

Give a hand

Question 23

Estar con el agua al cuello

Answer 23

To be up to your neck / underwater

Question 24

Echar una mano a alguien

Answer 24

To lend a hand

Question 25

Meterse hasta la cabeza en algo

Answer 25

To be fully involved/completely immersed

Question 26

No dar pie con bola

Answer 26

Can’t do anything right

Question 27

Levantarse con mal pie

Answer 27

To wake up on the wrong side of the bed

Question 28

Andar Con Pies De Plomo

Answer 28

to be cautious

Question 29

Darse Con Un Canto En Los Dientes

Answer 29

To have better results than initially thought

Question 30

Hincar Los Codos

Answer 30

to study a lot

Question 31

Traer Algo Entre Manos

Answer 31

To have a plan / to be up to something

Question 32

hacer algo al pie de la letra

Answer 32

do something to the letter