IDIOMS JOHN

Question 1

About face

Answer 1

cambio radical

Question 2

across th board

Answer 2

con caracter generl

Question 3

to add insult to an injury

Answer 3

para colmo / por si esto fuera poco

Question 4

an agonizing reappraisal

Answer 4

doloroso replanteamiento

Question 5

all and sundry

Answer 5

todos sin excepcion

Question 6

all cats are alike in the dark

Answer 6

de noche todos los gatos son pardos

Question 7

all his geese are swans

Answer 7

lo suyo es siempre lo mejor/ no hya nada como lo suyo

Question 8

to announce the glad tidings

Answer 8

dar buenas noticias

Question 9

as broad as it is long

Answer 9

es igual, lo mismo da

Question 10

as easy as falling off a horse

Answer 10

mas facil no puede ser

Question 11

as long as i am sound in wind and limb

Answer 11

mientras el cuerpo aguante/ mientras me queden fuerzas

Question 12

as the crow flies

Answer 12

en linea recta

Question 13

as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb

Answer 13

de perdidos al rio, preso por mil

Question 14

at one go

Answer 14

de golpe

Question 15

at one’s wits end

Answer 15

sin saber que decir o hacer

Question 16

at sea

Answer 16

desorientado

Question 17

at sixes and sevens

Answer 17

no conseguir ponerse de acuerdo / en desorden

Question 18

at the end of nowhere

Answer 18

muy lejos, en el 5to infierno

Question 19

a bakers dozen

Answer 19

13 en lugar de doce

Question 20

to be a dime a dozen

Answer 20

ser abundantes o muy numerosos, a patadas, ser muy baratos

Question 21

to be a far cry from

Answer 21

no poderse comparar

Question 22

to be afeather in someones hat

Answer 22

uno a su favor, apuntarse un tanto

Question 23

to be all thumbs

Answer 23

tener manos torpes

Question 24

to be as good as gold

Answer 24

ser mas bueno que el pan

Question 25

to be at odds with

Answer 25

discutir, pelear

Question 26

to be at stake

Answer 26

peligrar

Question 27

to be born with a silver spoon in ones mouth

Answer 27

haber nacido en la opulencia

Question 28

to be down and out

Answer 28

estar arruinado

Question 29

to be downcast

Answer 29

estar abatido

Question 30

to be hand in glove together

Answer 30

ser uña y carne

Question 31

to be in a quandary

Answer 31

verse ante un dilema, estar perplejo

Question 32

to be in the bag

Answer 32

ser cosa hecha (tell him not to worry, it is in the bag)

Question 33

to be in the cart

Answer 33

estar en un aprieto

Question 34

to be in the doldrums

Answer 34

estar abatido

Question 35

to be in the know

Answer 35

estar en el secreto

Question 36

to be in the offing

Answer 36

avecinarse/ acercarse

Question 37

to be in the wind

Answer 37

prepararse, tramar algo (there is sth in the wind, algo esta pasando)

Question 38

to be instrumental in

Answer 38

colaborar en algo

Question 39

to be obliged

Answer 39

quedar agradecido

Question 40

to be on cloud 9

Answer 40

estar en el 7o cielo

Question 41

to be on ones toes

Answer 41

estar alerta, tener los ojos bien abiertos

Question 42

to be out at the elbows

Answer 42

ir mal vestido, descuidado

Question 43

to be past praying

Answer 43

no tener remedio

Question 44

to be taken aback

Answer 44

boquiabierto ( i was taken aback when she talked japanese)

Question 45

to be uo to ones eyes

Answer 45

estar abrumado, agobiado de trabajo (with this meeting, we Argentina eup to ones eyes)

Question 46

to bear the brunt of

Answer 46

cargar con la culpa, llevar la peor parte

Question 47

to beat a path to s.o. door

Answer 47

acosar/ asediar (women have ceased to bear the path to his door, since he became fat)

Question 48

to bell the cat

Answer 48

ponerle el cascabel al gato

Question 49

big wheel

Answer 49

big shot

Question 50

a bird in the bush

Answer 50

que no es seguro, problematico, esta ene l aire

Question 51

a bird in the hand

Answer 51

cosa segura

Question 52

birds of a feather

Answer 52

tal para cual (u and i are birds in the feather)

Question 53

birds of a feather flock together

Answer 53

dios los cria y ellos se juntan

Question 54

to blow hot and cold

Answer 54

cambiar de opinion todo el tiempo

Question 55

to blow ones top

Answer 55

poner el grito en el cielo

Question 56

to blow the bellows (or coals fire) to

Answer 56

echar leña al fuego

Question 57

a blue stocking

Answer 57

mujer intelectual literata

Question 58

bottoms up

Answer 58

bebamos!

Question 59

the brain drain

Answer 59

profesionales que emigran a otro pais x mejores sueldos

Question 60

a bread and butter letter

Answer 60

carta para agradecer la hospitalidad

Question 61

to bring a hornets nest around your ears

Answer 61

lluvia de indignaciones

Question 62

to burn the ca ndle at both ends

Answer 62

agotarse

Question 63

to bury the hatchet

Answer 63

hacer las paces

Question 64

to buy a cat in a hat

Answer 64

aventurarse, ir a ciegas

Question 65

by fair means or foul

Answer 65

a las buenas o a las malas

Question 66

by hook or by crook

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contra viento y marea, por encima de todo

Question 67

by leaps and bounds

Answer 67

a pasos agigantados