Animals

Question 1

sentirse como pez en el agua

Answer 1

to feel like a fish in water

Question 2

jugar al ratón y al gato

Answer 2

to play cat and mouse (lit. the mouse and the cat)

Question 3

matar el gusanillo

Answer 3

to satisfy one’s hunger (lit. to kill the little worm)

Question 4

llorar lágrimas de cococdrilo

Answer 4

to cry crocodile tears

Question 5

ser como el perro y el gato

Answer 5

to fight like cats and dogs (lit. to be like the dog and the cat)

Question 6

por la noche todos los gatos son pardos

Answer 6

all cats are black (lit. grey-brown) at night

Question 7

por si las moscas

Answer 7

just in case (lit. in case of flies)

Question 8

dormir como una marmota

Answer 8

to sleep like a log (lit. like a groundhog)

Question 9

dormir como un tronco

Answer 9

to sleep like a log

Question 10

aquí hay gato encerrado

Answer 10

there’s something fishy going on (lit. there’s a cat locked in here)

Question 11

estar como una cabra

Answer 11

to be as mad as a hatter (lit. to be like a goat)

Question 12

menos lobos, caperucita

Answer 12

don’t exaggerate (lit. fewer wolves, little red riding hood)

Question 13

marear la perdiz

Answer 13

to beat around the bush (lit. to make the partridge dizzy)

Question 14

Más vale pájaro en mano, que cien volando

Answer 14

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Question 15

La gallina de los huevos de oro

Answer 15

The goose that lays the golden egg

Question 16

Dar gato por liebre

Answer 16

to take someone for a ride; to pull the wool over someone’s eyes

Question 17

Ser una gallina

Answer 17

To be a chicken

Question 18

Te comió la lengua el gato

Answer 18

The cat’s got your tongue

Question 19

acostarse con las gallinas

Answer 19

to go to sleep early

Question 20

A perro flaco, todo son pulgas.

Answer 20

When it rains it pours.

Question 21

estar en la edad del pavo

Answer 21

to be at that difficult/awkward age

Question 22

La curiosidad mató al gato.

Answer 22

Don’t try to find out about something that doesn’t concern you.

Question 23

¿Se te ha comido la lengua el gato?

Answer 23

Cat got your tongue?

Question 24

¿Te han comido la lengua los ratones?

Answer 24

Cat got your tongue?

Question 25

Tener un humor de perros

Answer 25

To be in a bad mood

Question 26

Es la gota que colma el vaso

Answer 26

It’s the straw that breaks the camel’s back

Question 27

Ser un pez gordo

Answer 27

To be a big fish

Question 28

Perro ladrador, poco mordedor

Answer 28

Barking dogs never bite

Question 29

Hacer el mono

Answer 29

To be the clown

Question 30

Ser cuatro gatos

Answer 30

To be very few people

Question 31

Ser un caracol

Answer 31

To be very slow

Question 32

No buscarle pulgas al perro

Answer 32

Let sleeping dogs lie

Question 33

¿Qué Le Hace Una Mancha Más Al Tigre?

Answer 33

a little more won’t make a difference

Question 34

Tener Memoria De Pez

Answer 34

an inability to remember things

Question 35

Estar Hecho/a Unos Zorros

Answer 35

to look bad / to be visibly tired or weary

Question 36

cuando la rana eche pelos

Answer 36

when pigs fly

Question 37

Echarle los perros

Answer 37

to flirt with them

Question 38

Hacer una vaca

Answer 38

to collecting money for a kitty

Question 39

Hacer conejo

Answer 39

when you leave without paying your bill

Question 40

A caballo regalado, no mires el diente.

Answer 40

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.

Question 41

Feliz como una lombriz

Answer 41

to express real happiness about something

Question 42

Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda

Answer 42

you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

Question 43

Burro hablando de orejas

Answer 43

the pot calling the kettle black