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Question 1

to stick one’s neck out for somebody

Answer 1

poner las manos en el fuego por alguien

Question 2

to give the creeps, make one’s hair on the neck stand up

Answer 2

poner los pelos de punta

Question 3

to dot the i’s and cross the T’s

Answer 3

poner los puntos sobre las íes

Question 4

to flee abruptly

Answer 4

poner pies en polvorosa

Question 5

to go all out

Answer 5

poner toda la carne en el asador

Question 6

to turn the other cheek

Answer 6

poner u ofrecer la otra mejilla

Question 7

blah blah blah

Answer 7

que si patatín, que si patatín

Question 8

the hardest part is yet to be done

Answer 8

quedar el rabo por desollar

Question 9

to remain with arms closed, standing back doing nothing

Answer 9

quedarse con los brazos cruzados

Question 10

to become an old maid, stay unmarried

Answer 10

quedarse para vestir santos

Question 11

to burn the midnight oil, read / study a lot

Answer 11

quemarse las cejas

Question 12

to burn the midnight oil, read / study a lot

alternative

Answer 12

quemarse las pestañas

Question 13

silence speaks volumes

Answer 13

quien calla otorga

Question 14

to take one’s hat off to sb or sth

Answer 14

quitarse el sombrero ante alguien

Question 15

to pick up the gauntlet, accept a challenge

Answer 15

recoger el guante

Question 16

to reinvent the wheel, come up with something already done or obvious

Answer 16

reinventar la rueda

Question 17

to know sb’s weaknesses

Answer 17

saber alguien dónde le aprieta el zapato

Question 18

to infuriate, enrage sb

Answer 18

sacar a alguien de quicio

Question 19

to make sb lose their temper

Answer 19

sacar a alguien de sus casillas

Question 20

to backfire

Answer 20

salir el tiro por la culata