9 Flashcards

1
Q

to be in the prime of life

A

estar en la flor de la edad

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2
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to have one’s head in the clouds

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estar en la luna / estar en las nubes

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3
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to be slightly drunk / out of it

A

estar entre Pinto y Valdemoro

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4
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to be in dire straights / be toast

A

estar frito

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5
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to be fed up / be up to one’s neck

A

estar hasta la coronilla

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6
Q

to be hopelessly lost

A

estar más perdido que Carracuca

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7
Q

to kick the bucket, die

A

estirar la pata

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8
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to die, give up the ghost

A

exhalar el último suspiro

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9
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hardest part yet to come

A

faltar el rabo por desollar

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10
Q

to have a screw loose

A

faltarle un tornillo a alguien

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11
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fresh as a daisy

A

fresco como una lechuga

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12
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a certain person

A

fulano de tal

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13
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occupational hazards

A

gajes de oficio

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14
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to earn one’s bread and butter

A

ganarse el pan

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15
Q

waste time in an unworthy cause

A

gastar pólvora en chimangos

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16
Q

to speak uselessly / waste one’s breath

A

gastar saliva

17
Q

to not care

A

importarle un bledo

18
Q

to run about all over the place

A

ir de la ceca a la meca

19
Q

go from bad to worse

A

ir de mal en peor