Expressions Flashcards

1
Q

Más vale prevenir que curar

A

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

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2
Q

Querer espoder

A

Where there’s a will there’s a way

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3
Q

Creo que me estoy poniendo malo (con fiebre)

A

I think I’m coming down with something (with the flu)

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4
Q

No te acobardes

A

Don’t chicken out

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5
Q

No bajes la guardia

A

Don’t get the guard down

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6
Q

Llevarse bien con

A

To get along well with

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7
Q

Eso te incluye a ti!

A

That means you!

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8
Q

Lograste acabar el informe a tiempo?

A

Did you manage to finish the report on time?

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9
Q

Andarse por las ramas

A

Beat around the bush

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10
Q

La nieve se derrite y se convierte en agua

A

The snow melts and turns into water

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11
Q

No te sulfures/para el carro

A

Keep your shirt on!

Hold your horses!

Slow down, superman!

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12
Q

Hablando del rey de Roma

A

Speaking of the devil

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13
Q

“Estoy como Dios me trajo al mundo”

A

“I’m in my birthday suit”

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14
Q

Vale, me lo apunto

A

Okay, roger that

I’m taking it down!

I’m jotting it down!

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15
Q

Hoy aquí va a hacer buen tiempo, hora de hacer algo!

A

The weather is going to be great here today, time to get going!

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16
Q

Necesito ponerme a leer

A

I need to get going on my reading

17
Q

De repente

A

All of the sudden

18
Q

De la nada

Sin avisar

A

Out of the blue

19
Q

Me ponen los pelos de punta

A

It makes my hair stand on end

20
Q

Me pone la piel de gallina

A

It makes me have skin like that of a chicken (goose pimples)

21
Q

Estar en tu salsa

A

To be in your element

22
Q

Para más inri

A

To add insult to injury

23
Q

Estar en racha

A

To be on roll

24
Q

Esto es demasiado para mí, la situación me supera

A

I’m in over my head

25
Q

Abrir la caja de Pandora

A

To open a can of worms

26
Q

Palmar (slang)

A

To kick the bucket

27
Q

Oh! Lo está petando hoy

A

Wow! He is really killing it today

28
Q

Totalmente despierto

A

Wide awake

29
Q

Tenemos que hacer la declaración de la renta (2 formas)

A

We are getting our taxes done/we are preparing our tax return

30
Q

Me quedan 40 páginas

A

I’ve got 40 pages left