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Idioms-sayings Flashcards

1
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Pull someone’s leg

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Tomar el pelo

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Ser pan comido

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To be a piece of cake

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Estar como una cabra

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To be a little crazy

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No tener pelos en la lengua

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To be strait forward or tell it like it is

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Tirar la casa por la ventana

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To spare no expense

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Quedarse de piedra

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To be stunned

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7
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Decirlo de labios para afuera

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To say something you didn’t mean

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Estar hecho un ají

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To be very angry

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Empezar la casa por el tejado

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To put the cart before the horse

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Estar más sano que una pera

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To be fit as a fiddle

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11
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Ser uñay carne

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To be bosom buddies

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12
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Tener un humor de perros

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To be in a bad mood

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13
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Tiene más lana que un borrego

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To be loaded (cash)

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14
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Echar agua al mar

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To put a drop in the bucket

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15
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush

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Más vale pajar en mano que cien volando/ más vale un hoy que dos mañanas

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16
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Chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link

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La soga se rompe por lo más delgado

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17
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A chip off the old block

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De tal palo tal astilla/ quien lo hereda no lo hurta

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18
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A friend in need is a friend indeed

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Amigo en la adversidad es un amigo de verdad

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19
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step

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Barco que no anda no llega a puerto

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20
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A lot of hot air

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De ese infierno no salen chispas

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21
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A man is known by the company he keeps

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Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres

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22
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According to the latest gossip

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Dicen las malas lenguas y la mía que no es muy buena lo repite

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23
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Actions speak louder than words

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El movimiento se demuestra andando

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24
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All bark no bite

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Mucho ruido y pocas nueces

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25
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All cats are grey in the dark

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De noche todos Los Gatos son prietos

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26
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Always lands on his feet

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El que nace para bombero del cielo le cae el sombrero

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27
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Always room for one more

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Donde comen dos comen tres

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28
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

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Es mejor precaver que remediar

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29
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As happy as a clam

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Más contento que perro con dos rabos

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30
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As old as the hills

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Más viejo que el frío

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31
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Be happy with what you’ve got

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Más vale tierra en cuerpo que cuerpo en tierra

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32
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

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Es mejor malo por conocido que bueno por conocer

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33
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De punta en blanco

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Dressed to the nines, dressed to kill

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34
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Dar en el blanco

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To hit the bullseye

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35
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Ver todo de color de rosa

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To see all peaches and cream

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36
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Buscar el príncipe azul

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To look for Prince Charming

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37
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Tener sangre azul

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To be born with a silver spoon in your mouth

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38
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Encontrar tu media naranja

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To find your other/better half

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39
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Ponerse rojo como tomate

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Turn red as a beetroot

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40
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No hay color

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It’s like apples and oranges

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41
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Tener la negra

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To be jinxed

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42
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Tener la vista de lince

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To have an eagle eye

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43
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Tener memoria de pez

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To have a memory of a sieve

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44
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Ser la oveja negra

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To be a black sheep

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45
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Dar gato por liebre

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To take for a ride

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46
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Estar como una cabra

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To be mad as a hornet

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47
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Ser una rata

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To be a snake in the grass

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48
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Ser más astuto que un zorro

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To be as sly as a fox

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49
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Ser un bonbon

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To be eye candy

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50
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Ser del año de la pera

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To be from another era

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51
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Dar la vuelta a la tortilla

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To turn the tables

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52
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No importar un pepino

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Do not care, couldn’t care less

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53
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Ser un melón

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To be a blockhead

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54
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Ser la gallina de los huevos de oro

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To be the goose that lays the golden eggs

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55
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Estar hasta en la sopa

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To be here there and everywhere

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56
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Comer la papa

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To eat lunch

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57
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Meter la pata

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To put your foot in your mouth

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58
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No tener pies ni cabeza

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Without rhyme or reason

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59
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No pegar un ojo

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Without sleeping a wink

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60
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Andar con pies de plomo

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To walk on eggshells

61
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Con la soga al cuello

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To be in trouble, up to ones neck

62
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Costar un ojo de la cara

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Cost an arm and a leg

63
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Sin pelos en la lengua

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To not mince words

64
Q

Buscar la quinta pata al gato

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To take the scenic route

65
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Estar hasta las narices

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To be fed up

66
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Dar en el clavo

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Be spot on, hit the nail on the head

67
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Dormirse en los laureles

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To rest on your laurels

68
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A duras penas

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To be hard pressed

69
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Perder los estribos

A

Fly off the handle

70
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De buena fe

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An act of good faith

71
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Pasarse de la raya

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Cross the line

72
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Salirse con la suya

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To get away with it

73
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Ni más ni menos

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No more, no less

74
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Unas veces se gana otras se pierde

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You win some you lose some

75
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No hay peor sordo que el que no quiere oír

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No ones as deaf as those who don’t want to listen

76
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Tener enchufe

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To be well connected

77
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No muerdas la mano que te da de comer

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Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

78
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En casa de herrero cuchillo de palo

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The shoemakers son always goes barefoot

79
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Más vale malo por conocido que bueno por conocer

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Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t

80
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Cuando el gato no esta, los ratones bailan

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When the cat is away the mice will play

81
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Ser un bicho raro

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To be a freak/weirdo

82
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Estar en el quinto pino

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To be on the boonies

83
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Estar forrado

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To be loaded

84
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Estirar la pata

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Kick the bucket

85
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De tal palo tal astilla

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Like father like son

86
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Matar dos pájaros de un tiro

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To kill two birds with one stone

87
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Ojos que no ven corazón que no siente

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When the eye doesn’t see the heart doesn’t grieve

88
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No todo lo que brilla es oro

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Not al,l that shines is gold

89
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Ser un don nadie

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Be a nobody

90
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Las penas compartidas saben a menos

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Two in distress make sorry/sorrow less

91
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Salir del armario

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Come out of the closet

92
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Es la gota que colma el vaso

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The straw that broke the camels back

93
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Estar como unas castañuelas

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To be happy as a clam

94
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Las apariencias engañan

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Looks can be deceiving

95
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En la variedad está el gusto

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Variety is the spice of life

96
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Ser un pez gordo

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To be a big fish

97
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Más vale maña que fuerza

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Brain over brawn

98
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Al pan pan y al vino vino

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To call a spade a spade

99
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Hoy por ti mañana por mi

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Scratch my back I’ll scratch yours

100
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Quien no arriesga no gana

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Nothing ventured nothing gained

101
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Perro ladrador poco mordedor

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Barking dogs never bite

102
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Más vale prevenir que lamentar

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Better safe than sorry

103
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No hay mal que por bien no venga

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Every cloud has a silver lining

104
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Todos los caminos llevan a Roma

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All roads lead to Rome

105
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Meter la pata

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Put your foot in your mouth, blunder, make a mess of it

106
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Ser un chaquetero

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To be a flip flopper

107
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Quien fue a Sevilla perdió su silla

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You snooze you lose

108
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Por si las moscas

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Just in case

109
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Ser carne de cañón

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To be fish bate, thrown under the bus

110
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Estar como un fideo

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To be thin as a rail

111
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No dar pie con bola

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Can’t do anything right

112
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No pegar ojo

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To not sleep a wink

113
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Takes two to tango

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El tango es de dos, esto es cosa de dos

114
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Ser un caracol

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Slow as a snail

115
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No buscarle pulgas al perro

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Let sleeping dogs lie

116
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No hay que vender el cuero antes de matar al venado

A

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

117
Q

Con tigre delante no hay burro con reumatismo

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Survival of the fittest

118
Q

Cuando el río suena piedras trae

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Where there is smoke there is fire

119
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El hábito no hace al monje

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Clothes dont make the man

120
Q

¡A otro perro con ese hueso!

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Your pulling my leg

121
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Quedarse de piedra

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To be stunned

122
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Tener enchufe

A

To be well connected

123
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Estar en el quinto pino

A

To be in the boonies

124
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Las penas compartidas saben a menos

A

Two in distress makes sorry less

125
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En la variedad esta el gusto

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Variety is the spice of life

126
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Perro ladrador, poco mordedor

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All bark no bite

127
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No hay mal que por bien no venga

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Every cloud has a silver lining

128
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Ser un chaquetero

A

Be a flip flopper

129
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Ser carne de cañón

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To be fishbait/ thrown under the bus

130
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Birds of a feather flock together

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Dios los cría y ellos se juntan/ o el viento los amontona

131
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De dos no se hace uno

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Both equally bad

132
Q

El que da y quita con el diablo se desquita

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Don’t be an Indian giver

133
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El que quiera peces que se moje el culo

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There’s no such thing as free lunch/ if you want something you have to earn it

134
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El que se fue de Sevilla perdió su silla

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Finders keepers losers weepers/ you snooze you lose

135
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En cuanto a algo se refiere

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As far as is concerned

136
Q

En todas partes se cuecen habas

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It’s the same the world over/ everyone’s got something to hide

137
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Entre broma y broma la verdad se asoma

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Many a true word is spoken in jest/ there is a grain of truth in every joke

138
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La esperanza es lo último que se pierde

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Hope springs eternal/ hope is the last thing to go

139
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Los trapos sucios se lavan en casa

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Don’t air your dirty laundry

140
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sacar las castañas del fuego

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take the chestnuts out of the fire

141
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montar un pollo

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to cause a scene

142
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me piro vampiro

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to split(leave)

143
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estar como un tren

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to look gorgeous

144
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por si las moscas

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just in case

145
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estar pez

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to not know a thing

146
Q

cuando nieva en sevilla

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probably never

147
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Pez por la boca muere

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Loose lips sink ships

148
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Take it with a grain of salt

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Todo lo que te diga tienes que agarrarlo con pinzas

149
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Tanto peca el que mata la vaca como el que le agarra la pata

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The one who holds the ladder is as guilty as the thief

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