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Es un pedazo de pan

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S/he is a very nice person

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Soñar despierto

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to daydream

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Es pan comido

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it’s a piece of cake

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dormir a pierna suelta

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sleep really well

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Es harina de otro costal

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that’s another story

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quitar hierro del asunto

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to take the heat out of the situation

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ir al grano

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to come to the point

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Río que suena, piedras trae

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There is no smoke without fire

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Río que suena, piedras trae

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There is no smoke without fire

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pagar a escote

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to go dutch

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encontrarse con la horma de su zapato

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to meet one´s match

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Cada mochuelo a su olivo.

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Let´s all go home.

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la flor y nata

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the best of the best

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a lo hecho, pecho.

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what´s done is done

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el algodón de azúcar

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cotton candy

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anunciar con bombo y platillo

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to announce amid a lot of hype

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marear la perdiz

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to stall/waste time

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dar calabazas

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to brush someone off

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No se me da un higo.

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I don’t give a fig

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Me importa un higo

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its as important to me as a fig

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Me importa un bledo.

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its as important as a bledo (plant)

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Me importa un rábano.

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its as important to me as a radish

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montar un numerito

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to make a scene

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no es moco de pavo

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You can’t laugh this one off.
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It’s not a trivial matter.

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Sarna con gusto no pica.
Algo que haces porque te gusta, no te quejes
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rimbombante
eye-catching/flashy
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un brazo de gitano
a swiss roll
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plantar cara a
stand up to
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una hada madrina
a fairy godmother
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Tener enchufe
To have friends in the right places
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Del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho.
Easier said than done.
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Se lo pasó por el sobaco.
S/he totally dismissed it.
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Poner la guinda
To put the the icing on the cake
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por si las moscas
just in case
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Estaba como los chorros de oro.
It was as clean as a new pin.
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Subirse a las barbas de alguien
To be cheeky to someone (s/he is cheeky to me)
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estar en la flor de la vida
to be in the prime of life
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estar en el quinto pino.
to be far away.
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estar en una nube
to be over the moon
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estar en las nubes
to have one’s head in the clouds
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meter la cuchara en muchos asuntos
to have a finger in many pies
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hacer una montaña de un granito de arena
to make a mountain out of a molehill to make a big deal of something small (over-exhadurate)
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hacer la vista gorda
to turn a blind eye
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hablar por los codos
a veces habla demasiado
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tener mala leche
to be vindictive
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aburrirse como una ostra
to get bored rigid (extremely unhappy or impatient due to disinterest or boredom)
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echar a cara o cruz
to throw heads or tails
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ver las orejas al lobo
to see the danger signs
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pillar a alguien con las manos en la masa
to catch someone red-handed
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no dar un palo al agua
to be lazy
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ser un culo de mal asiento.
S/he is restless.
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Ser un chivo expiatorio
a scapegoat a person who is blamed for something that someone else has done
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Ella lo tiene en la palma de la mano.
She can twist him round her little finger.
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Ella lo tiene en un puño.
She has him under the thumb.
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El oro no nace en macetas.
Money does not grow on trees.
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El dinero no fluye como agua de una fuente.
Money does not grow on trees.
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Sólo había cinco gatos.
Hardly anyone was there.
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No cabe ni un alfiler.
There isn’t room to swing a cat.
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Agua pasada no mueve molino.
It’s no use crying over spilt milk.
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como pez en el agua
In one’s element
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darse bombo
to blow one’s own trumpet
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Ser un tiquismiquis
to be fussy “Mi profesora Ms. Iglesias es muy tiquismiquis”
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pedir peras al olmo
to expect the impossible
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buscar cinco pies al gato
to make a lot of fuss over nothing
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tener malas pulgas
to be short-tempered
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hacer buenas migas
to get on well
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bailar al son de la misma flauta
to be singing from the same hymn sheet
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ser un hueso
to be stubborn
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ser un hueso duro de roer
to be a hard nut to crack
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tirarse los trastos a la cabeza
to have a blazing row
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no tener pelos en la lengua
to tell it like it is
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ser uña y carne
to be very close friends / to be inseparable
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tener más lana que un borrego
to have lots of money
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quedarse de piedra
to be shocked
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empezar la casa por el tejado
to put the cart before the horse
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como el día y la noche
like chalk and cheese
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Perro ladrador, poco mordedor.
His bark is worse than his bite.
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Mucho ruido y pocas nueces.
Much ado about nothing.
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Más loco que una cabra
As mad as a hatter.
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¡ No me he caído de un guindo!
I wasn’t born yesterday!

Spanisch Lukas (33 decks)

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