Idioms 5 Flashcards

(45 cards)

1
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Subrirse al carro

A

To jump on the bandwagon

To get in the car

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2
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ronda la pago

A

The round is on me

This round I pay

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3
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La importante es participar

A

The important thing is to participate

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4
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Ni mas ni meno

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No more no less

neither more neirher less

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5
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Unas veces se gana,m otras se pierde

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You win some, you loose some

Some times one wins, others one looses

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6
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Luchar por una causa perdida

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To fight for a lost cause

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7
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Tirar la toalla

A

To throw in the towel

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8
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De punta en blanca

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Dressed to kill

On white ti

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9
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Dar en blanco

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To hit the bullseye

To throw in white

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10
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Buscar el principe azul

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To look for prince charming

To look for the blue prince

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11
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Tener sangre azul

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To be born with a silver spoon in your mouth

To have blue blood

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12
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Ponerse rojo como un tomato

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To turn red as a beet/tomato

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13
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No hay color

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It’s like apples and oranges

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14
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Tener vista de lince

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To have an eagle’s eye

To have the eyesight of a lynx

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15
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Tener memoria de pez

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To have a memory like a sieve

To have the memory of a fish

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16
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Ser la oveja negra

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To be the black sheep

good for nothing

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17
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Ser un gallina

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To be a coward

To be a chicken

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18
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Dar gato por liebre

A

To trick someone

Take them for a ride

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19
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Estar como una cabra

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Crazy as a loon

To be like a goat

20
Q

Ser una rata

A

To be a rat
Snake in the grass
To be a rat

21
Q

Tener mas vidas que un gato

A

To have more lives than a cat

To be lucky

22
Q

Ser mas astuto que un zorro

A

Sly as a fox

To be cleverer than a fox

23
Q

Ser pan ciomido

A

Piece of cake

To be eaten bread

24
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Ser un bonbon

25
Dar la vuelta a la tortilla
To turn the tables | To turn the obelet around
26
No importar un pepino
could care less | not matter to a radish
27
Ser la gallina de los huevos de oro
Goose that lays the golden egg
28
Estar hasta en la sop
Here there everywhere | To be in the soup
29
Meter la pata
To put your foot in it | To put you leg in it
30
No tener pies ni cabeza
Without rhyme or reason | Not to make any sense
31
No pegar un ojo
Without sleeping a wink
32
Andar con pies de plomo
Walk on egg shells To walk with lead feet To be very careful
33
Con la soga all cuello
In trouble up to one's neck
34
Costar un ojo de la cara
Cost an arm and a leg | To cost an eye of the face
35
Sin pelos en la lengua
Not mince your words | Without hair on you tongue
36
Buscar la quinta pata al gato
Take the scenic route | Look for the fifth leg of the cat
37
Tomar El Pelo
To pull someone's leg
38
Estar como una cabra
To be a little crazy
39
Meter la pata
To mess up
40
Al mal tiempo buena Cara
life gives you lemons make lemonade
41
Quedarse de piedra
To get stunned
42
Estar mas sano que una pera
fit as a fiddle
43
Se me hace aqua la boca
mouth watering
44
Echar agua al mar
drop in the bucket
45
Tirar la casa por la ventana
spare no expense