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Question 1

things would be different - better

Answer 1

otro gallo cantara

Question 2

comparison of a person at hand and somebody similar

Answer 2

otro que bien baila

Question 3

Black sheep (of the family)

Answer 3

oveja negra (de la familia)

Question 4

return the favour, give sb a taste of their own medicine

Answer 4

pagar con la misma moneda

Question 5

to foot the bill, get a bum rap

Answer 5

pagar el pato

Question 6

innocents pay for the sins of the guilty

Answer 6

pagar justos por pecadores

Question 7

to foot the bill, be left to clean up the mess

Answer 7

pagar los platos rotos

Question 8

to top it all off, make matters worse

Answer 8

para colmo de males

Question 9

to split your sides laughing

Answer 9

partirse de risa

Question 10

to spend a sleepless night

Answer 10

pasar la noche en blanco

Question 11

to ask for the impossible

Answer 11

pedir peras al olmo

Question 12

better than nothing

Answer 12

peor es nada

Question 13

to miss the boat, miss one’s opportunity

Answer 13

perder el tren

Question 14

to be over-ambitious

Answer 14

picar muy alto

Question 15

to be at sb’s heels, follow closely

Answer 15

pisar los talones

Question 16

to put the cart before the horse

Answer 16

poner el arado delante de los bueyes

Question 17

to rub salt on the wound

Answer 17

poner el dedo en la llaga

Question 18

to hit the ceiling, flip one’s lid

Answer 18

poner el grito en el cielo

Question 19

to call into question

Answer 19

poner en tela de juicio

Question 20

to lay one’s cards on the table, be completely honest

Answer 20

poner las cartas sobre la mesa