Idioms Flashcards
(206 cards)
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A chorros
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In great amounts
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A como de lugar
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At all costs
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A contramano
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In the wrong direction
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A destiempo
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Ill-timed
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A dos pasos
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Very close
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A duras penas
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Scarcely
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A fin de cuentas
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When all is said and done
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A gatas
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On all fours
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A granel
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In bulk
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A la carrera
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Hurried way of doing something
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A la larga
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In the long run
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A la vez
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At the same time
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A las espaldas de alguien
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Behind someone back
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A mano
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By hand, even
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A mas tardar
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At the latest
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A menudo
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Often, many at a time
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A ojo de buen cubero
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By rule of thumb
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A palo seco
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Without drinking anything
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A proposito
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By the way
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A que
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I bet…
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A reganadientes
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Unwillingly
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A rey muerto, a rey puesto
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Out with the old, in with the new
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A solas
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Alone
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A tientas
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By instinct
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A toda costa
At all costs
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A toda maquina
Very fast
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A todas luces
Clearly
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A todo trapo
With luxury
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A todo vapor
Very fast
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A troche y moche
Unthoroughly
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A tumba abierta
At breakneck speed, exposing oneself to danger
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A tutiplien
Profusely
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A ultima hora
At the last moment
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A voz en grito
Shouting
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Abrirse paso a codazo
To elbow your way in
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Acoger en su regazo
To take under one's wing
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Acostarse con las gallinas
To retire to bed early
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Aguzar el oido
To be alerted
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Ahuecar el ala
To hit the road
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Al ahi se va
Not thoroughly
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Al fin y al cabo
When all is said and done
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Al hambre no hay pan duro
Beggars cant be choosers
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Al pie de letra
To the letter
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Al por mayor
Wholesale
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Al reves
Upside down
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Alzarle la mano a alguien
To threaten or hit someone
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Amoscarse
To get angry
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Andar a paso de tortuga
At snail's pace
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Andar como burro sin mecate
To be out of control
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Andar de cabeza
To run around like a headless chicken
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Andar de capa caída
To be in low spirits
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Andarse por las ramas
To beat around the bush
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Apretar las clavijas a alguien
To pressure somebody
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Apretarse el centurion
To cut expenses, to tighten the belt
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Aqui hay gato encerrado
There's something fishy going on here
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Armado hasta los dientes
Armed to the teeth
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Armar un jaleo
To make a fuss
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Armarse la gorda
To make a big fat fuss
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Arriesgarse el pellejo
To risk one's neck
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Arrimar el ascua a su sardine
To put one's benefit first
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Arrimarse el sol que mas calienta
To seek out those from whom one can profit
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Arrojar a alguien a los lobos
To throw someone to the wolves
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Astuto como un zorro
Sly as a fox
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Ave nocturna
Night owl
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Bailar al son que tocan
To dance to whatever music happens to be playing, go with the flow
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Bajársele los humos a alguien
To be taken down a peg (one's excessively high opinion of themselves is burst)
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Barrer para adentro
To act advantageously, to take credit
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Bicho raro
Rare specimen
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Blasfemar, hablar como un carretero, renegar, jurar
Swear like a trooper
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Borracho como una cuba
Drunk as a skunk
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Borron y cuenta nueva
Let bygones be bygones
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Bueno como un angel
Saintly
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Buscar una aguja en un pajar
Needle in the haystack
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Buscarle a alguien los cosquillas
To provoke somebody
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Buscarle tres pies al gato
To complicate things
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Cabeza de chorlito
Scatterbrain
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Cade hijo de vecino
All and sundry
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Cada muerte de obispo
Once in a blue moon
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Caer bien/mal
To be likeable or not
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Caer como moscas
To drop like flies
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Calado hasta los huesos
Soaked through
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Calarse las gafas
To put on one's glasses
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Cerrar algo a cal y canto
To seal shut
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Cerrar el pico
To shut one's trap
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Chillar como un condenado
To sob like a baby, or scream from fear or pain
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Cocerse, cocinarse en su propia salsa
To stew in one's own juices
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Comer como un pajarito
To pick at your food
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Como los perros en misa
Unecessary
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Como perro en barrio ajeno
Out of place
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Como pez en el agua
At home
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Como si fuera poco
As if that wasn't enough
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Con el sudor de su frente
By the sweat of his brow
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Con pelos y señales
In all detail
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Consultar algo con la almohada
To sleep on something
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Contra viento y marea
Through thick and thin
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Cortar de raiz
Eradicate
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Costar un ojo de la cara
To cost an eye
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Creerse el ombligo del mundo
To think the world revolves around them
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Cuando las ranas crien pelos
When pigs learn to fly
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Cuanto antes
As soon as may be
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Cuatro gatos
Hardly anyone there
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Dar algo por bueno
To approve of something
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Dar de sí
To give- said of people
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Dar en el clavo
To hit the nail on the head
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Dar gato por liebre
To cheat
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Dar la lata
To be a pain in the neck
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Dar la tabarra
To pester
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Dar luz verde
To give the green light
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Dar por sentado
To take something as a given
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Dar una de cal y una de arena
Be accommodating by providing different things
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Dar a algo el visto bueno
To give one's approval
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Darle a alguien mala espina algo
To have one's suspicious aroused by somethig
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Darle sopas con honda
To be overhwhmingly superior
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Darse por vencido
To give up
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Darse prisa
To hurry up
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De buenas a primeras
Suddenly
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De higos a brevas
Once in a blue moon
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De nuevo
Again
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De par en par
Wide open
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De pelo en pecho
Manly
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De perlas
Excellently
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De plano
Entirely
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De pronto
Suddenly
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De una vez por todas
Once and for all
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Dejar en paz a alguien
To leave somebody alone
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Dejar plantado a alguien
To stand somebody up
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Descubrir la polvora,
Discover something obvious
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Desde luego
Ofcourse
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Deshacerse en atenciones
To go overboard, to bend over backwards for someone
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Devanarse los sesos
To rack one's brains
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Dormir a pierna suelta
To sleep like a log
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Ojo al parche
Look out!
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Echar lena al fuego
Add fuel to fire
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Echar un cuarto a espadas
To contribute one's own opinion in a discussion
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Echar la casa por la ventana
To spend without measure or restraint
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El mundo es un pańuelo
Its a small world
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El que sigue la consigne
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
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Empezar la casa por el tejado
To do things in the wrong order
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Empinar el codo
To bend the elbow
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En boca cerrado no entran moscas
You are better off keeping quiet and minding your own business
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En cueros
Naked in the buff
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En el séptimo cielo
On cloud nine
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En fila india
In single file
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En las barbas de alguien
Right under someone's nose
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En menos que canta un gallo
In an instant
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En un abrir y cerrar de ojos
In a flash
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Endeudado hasta las ojos
Up to one's ears in debt
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Entre chanzas y versa
Half earnest, half jest
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Entre la espada y la pared
Trapped in a delicate situation
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Es como hablar a la pared
Like talking to a brick wall
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Esperar la semana que no traiga viernes
Procrastinate forever
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Estar (loco) como una cabra
Nutty as a fruitcake
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Estar con un pie en al aire
To be uncomitted
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Estar de buenas
To be in a good mood
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Estar en ascuas
To be on pins and needles
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Estar en boca de todos
To be on everyone's lips
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Estar en la flor de la edad
To be in the prime of life
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Estar en la luna
To have one's head in the clouds
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Estar entre pinto y valdemoro
To be half of one mind and half of another
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Estar frito
To be toast
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Estar hasta la coronilla
To be fed up
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Estar mas loco que una cabra
To be as mad as hatter
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Estar mas perdido que carracuca
To be hopelessly lost
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Estirar la pata
To kick the bucket
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Exhalar el ultimo suspiro
To give up the ghost
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Faltar el rabo por desollar
Te hardest part of a task still remains to be accomplished
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Faltar el rabo por desollar
The hardest part of a task still remains
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Faltarle un tornillo a alguien
To have a screw loose
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Fresco como una lechuga
Fresh as a daisy
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Fulano de tal
A certain person
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Gajes del oficio
Occupational hazards
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Ganarse el pan
To earn one's bread and butter
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Gastar pólvora en chimangos
To waste time or effort in an unworthy cause
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Gastar saliva
To waste one's breath
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Importarle a alguien un bledo algo
To care not a wit for something or somebody
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Ir de la ceca a la meca
To run about all over the place
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Ir de mal en peor
To go bad from worse
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Ir por lana y salir trasquilado
Said when we expect to get a win but instead lose
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Irse la garete
To spoil
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Irse cantando o silbando bajito
A person in shame trying to leave discreetly
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Irse con la música a otra parte
To take one's song and dance elsewhere
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Irse o despedirse a la francesca
To leave without saying goodbye
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Irse por los cerros de ubeda
To ramble
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Irsele a uno el santo al cielo
Used when one forgets what one was about to say
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Jugarse el pellejo
To risk one's skin or life
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La prudencia es la madre de la ciencia
Discretion is the better part of valor
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Las palabras se las lleva el viento
Actions speak louder than words
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Liso y llano!
Easy peasy
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Llegar como agua en mayo
To be just what the doctor ordered
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Llegar y besar el santo
To attain swiftly a goal which is demanding in terms of time and effort
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Llevar la procession por dentro
To suffer without showing it
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Llevarse como el perro y el gato
To fight like cats and dogs
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Llevarse el secreto a la tumba
To take a secret to one's deathbed
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Llevarse un chasco
To suffer a sudden disappointment
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Llorar a lagrima viva
To cry very intensely
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Mandar a freír esparragos
To send someone packing
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Mandar a la porra
To send someone packing
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Mantener a raya
To keep or hold something or somebody at bay
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Mantener un tira y afloja
To bargain while alternating severity and flexobility
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Mantenerse en sus trece
To stick to one's guns
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Mas terco que una mula
As stubborn as a mule
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Mas vale estar solo que mal acomponado
Solitude is better than bad company
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Mas cale maña que fuerza
Brain is better than brawn
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Mas vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
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Como quien oye llover
Its like water off a duck's back
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Mas vale tarde que nunca
Better late than never
