Idioms Flashcards
What’s up?
Épale
There is a stick of water (raining cats and dogs)
Está cayendo un palo de aqua
(Guerra avisada) no mata soldado y si lo mata, por descuidado
(War was advised), no soldier is killed and if he is, for he is careless
No busques los cinco patos al gato
Don’t keep talking about something that is not there
A watched pot never boils
Quien espera, desespera
Barriga llena, corazón contento
A full belly and a happy heart
Ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente
What the eyes don’t see, the heart doesn’t feel (out of sight, out of mind)
Más vale pájaro en mano que cien volando
It’s better to have a bird in hand than 100 flying (a bird in hand is worth two in the bush)
La práctica hace al maestro
Practice makes perfect
A caballo regalado no se la mira el colmillo
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
¡Eres una rata!
You are a rat! (Informal)
Te está echando los perros
He is throwing you dogs
¡Cónchale!
Shoot!
Mantener los pies en la tierra
To keep feet on the earth
