Idiomatic phrases Flashcards by Anna Chappell | Brainscape

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Now I understand

A

Ya caigo, ya caigo en ello

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To get it right

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Dar en el clavo

Acertar

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To grant For arguments sake

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Dar por concedido

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I consider it as good

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Lo doy por bueno

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To make believe

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Dar a creer

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To find a mistake

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Dar en un error

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To lay the blame

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Echar la culpa

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To be really expensive

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Costar un ojo de la cara

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A scapegoat

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Un chivo expiatorio

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To get straight to the point

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Ir al grano

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Big troubles call for big remedies

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A grandes males, grandes remedios

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For once and all

A

De una vez

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What’s done is done

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A Lo hecho, pecho

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To work ones socks off

A

Trabajar para vivir

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Money doesn’t grow on trees

A

El oro no nace en macetas

El dinero no fluye como agua de una fuente

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To stand up to

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Plantar cara a

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La Creme de la creme

A

La flor y la nata

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to have your head in the clouds

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estar en las nubes

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to be in the prime of life

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estar en la flor de la vida

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to be drenched

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estar hecho en sopa

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to be far away

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estar en el quinto pino

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to be on cloud 9

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estar en una nube

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to have fingers in many pies

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meter la cuchara en muchos asuntos

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to make a mountain out of a molehill

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hacer una Montana de un grantio

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to turn a blind eye

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hacer la vista gorda

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to talk too much, to talk for england

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hablar por los codos

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to be vindictive

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tener mala leche

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to be bored stiff

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aburrirse como una ostra

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to roll a dice, heads or tales

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echar a cara o cruz

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to see the danger signs, red flags

A

ver las orejas al lobo

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to catch someone red handed

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pillar a alguien con los manos en la masa

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to be lazy

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no dar un palo al agua

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to be restless

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ser un culo de mal asiento

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to have someone wrapped around your little finger

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tener a alguien en la palma de la mano

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to have someone under your thumb

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tener a alguien en un pun~o

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wild horses couldn’t drag it out of him

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no se lo sacan ni con pinzas

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hardly anyone is there

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sólo hay cinco gatos

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there isn’t room to swing a cat

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no cabe ni un alfiler

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its no use crying over spilt milk

A

agua pasada no mueve molinos

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to top it all off…

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para colmo de males

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to be in your element

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como pez en el agua

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to blow one’s own trumpet

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darse bombo

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to be fussy

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ser tiquismiquis

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only time will tell

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sólo el tiempo dirá

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in the near future

A

a corto plazo

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when in Rome do as the Romans do

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a donde fueres, haz lo que vieres

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secretly

A

a escondidas

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all things considered

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a fin de cuentas

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maybe

A

a lo mejor

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by the way, on purpose

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a propósito

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beggars can’t be choosers

A

al buen hambreno hay pan duro

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by the book

A

al pie de la letra

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to tighten one’s belt

A

apretarse el cinturón

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to tie up loose ends

A

atar los cambos sueltos

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ones eyes are bigger than ones stomach

A

comer con los ojos

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to cover with kisses

A

comer a besos

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properly

A

como Dios manda

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to sleep on it

A

consultar con la almohada

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to think the world revolves around you

A

creerse el ombligo del mundo

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when pigs fly

A

cuando las vacas vuelen

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to keep your word

A

cumplir la palabra