5 Flashcards

1
Q

night owl

A

el ave nocturna

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2
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to follow the current, agree to anything

A

bailar al son que tocan

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3
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to take sb down a peg

A

bajársele los humos a alguien

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4
Q

to promote own interest over others

A

barrer para adentro

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5
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old specimen (old person)

A

bicho raro

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6
Q

to swear like a trooper

A

blasfemar / jurar / renegar / hablar como un carretero

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7
Q

drunk as a skunk

A

borracho como una cuba

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8
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let bygones be bygones

A

borrón y cuenta nueva

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9
Q

to be conspicuous by one’s absence

A

brillar por su ausencia

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10
Q

extremely good, saintly, good person

A

bueno como un ángel

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11
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to look for a needle in a haystack

A

buscar una aguja en un pajar

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12
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to provoke sb

A

buscarle a alguien las cosquillas

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13
Q

to look for trouble

A

buscarle tres pies al gato

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14
Q

to be a scatterbrain

A

tener un cabeza de chorlito

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15
Q

just about everyone

A

cada hijo de vecino

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16
Q

very rarely, once in a blue moon

A

cada muerte de obispo

17
Q

to be likeable / not likeable

A

caer bien / caer mal

18
Q

to drop like flies

A

caer como moscas

19
Q

soaked through / soaked to the bone

A

calado hasta los huesos

20
Q

to put on one’s glasses

A

calarse