Phrases

Question 1

To feel on top of the world

Answer 1

Estar como abeja en flor

Question 2

To be doomed to fail

Answer 2

Estar abocado al fracaso

Question 3

To be ugly as hell

Answer 3

Ser un aborto del diablo

Question 4

To be dying of thirst

Answer 4

Abrasarse de sed

Question 5

To be madly in love

Answer 5

Abrasarse de amores

Question 6

To be rolling in money

Answer 6

Nadar en la abundancia

Question 7

To be as mad as a brush

Answer 7

Ser más tonto que Abundio

Question 8

To be bored to death

Answer 8

Aburrirse como un mono

Question 9

To not let anyone else get a word in

Answer 9

Acaparar la palabra

Question 10

To have all eyes on

Answer 10

Acaparar todas las miradas

Question 11

To clear the air (figuratively)

Answer 11

Aclarar las cosas

Question 12

To be in one’s Birthday Suit

Answer 12

Estar en traje de Adán

Question 13

To make a killing

Answer 13

Hacer su agosto

Question 14

It’s no use crying over spilt milk

Answer 14

Agua pasada no mueve molino

Question 15

To be as clear as crystal

Answer 15

Estar más claro que el agua

Question 16

To waste one’s time

Answer 16

Coger agua en cesto

Question 17

To be up to one’s neck in ‘it’

Answer 17

Estar con el agua al cuello

Question 18

To come at just the right time

Answer 18

Venir como agua de mayo

Question 19

To have a piss

Answer 19

Cambiar el agua a las aceitunas

Question 20

To be water under the bridge

Answer 20

Ser agua pasada

Question 21

Never say never

Answer 21

Nunca digas de esta agua no beberé

Question 22

Things are settling down

Answer 22

Las aguas vuelvan a su cauce

Question 23

To sit on the fence

Answer 23

Estar entre dos aguas

Question 24

To look for a needle in a haystack

Answer 24

Buscar una aguja en un pajar

Question 25

To have the hang of ‘it’

Answer 25

Entender la aguja de marear

Question 26

To be footloose

Answer 26

Ser libre como el aire

Question 27

To be up in the air

Answer 27

Estar en el aire

Question 28

To try act tough

Answer 28

Darse aires de valiente

Question 29

To run like the wind

Answer 29

Beber los aires

Question 30

To rant and rave

Answer 30

Echar ajos

Question 31

To be down in the dumps

Answer 31

Arrastrar el ala

Question 32

To encourage someone

Answer 32

Dar alas a alguien

Question 33

To have friends in high places

Answer 33

Tener buenas aldabas

Question 34

To eat like a horse

Answer 34

Comer más que un alguacil

Question 35

To sell one’s soul to the devil

Answer 35

Vender el alma al diablo

Question 36

To get soaked

Answer 36

Mojarse hasta el alma

Question 37

To sleep on something

Answer 37

Consultar algo con el almohada

Question 38

To be broke

Answer 38

No tener ni para unas alpargatas

Question 39

In next to no time

Answer 39

En un decir amén

Question 40

It will all be the same in a hundred years

Answer 40

Dentro de cien años todos calvos

Question 41

To be fuming

Answer 41

Estar alguien que arde

Question 42

To not give a damn

Answer 42

No importar a alguien un ardite

Question 43

To be a tough customer

Answer 43

Ser de armas tomar

Question 44

Get moving!

Answer 44

¡Arrea!

Question 45

To shut the barn door after the horse has bolted

Answer 45

Asno muerto, la cebada al rabo

Question 46

To get someone off the hook

Answer 46

Sacar a alguien del atolladero

Question 47

To be at a loss as to what to do next

Answer 47

No saber como salir del atranco

Question 48

To want to have your cake and eat it too

Answer 48

Querer ir por atún y a ver al duque

Question 49

To be crazy

Answer 49

Estar mal de la azotea

Question 50

To have a (good old) kiss

Answer 50

Cambiar babas

Question 51

To have one’s head in the clouds

Answer 51

Estar en Babia

Question 52

To tan someone’s hide

Answer 52

Zurrar la badana a alguien

Question 53

Go take a hike!

Answer 53

¡Anda a bañarte!

Question 54

To kick someone out

Answer 54

Echar a alguien baquetazo limpio

Question 55

Face to face

Answer 55

Barba a barba

Question 56

To get on someone’s nerves

Answer 56

Hacer la barba a alguien

Question 57

To be a real man

Answer 57

Ser un hombre con toda la barba

Question 58

No pain, no game

Answer 58

No hay barranco sin atranco

Question 59

To have money to burn

Answer 59

Tener barro a mano

Question 60

To take it easy

Answer 60

Echarse a la bartola

Question 61

To take charge

Answer 61

Empuñar al bastón

Question 62

To intervene

Answer 62

Meter el bastón

Question 63

To throw a spanner in the works

Answer 63

Meter un bastón en la rueda

Question 64

To wear the trousers

Answer 64

Llevar la batuta

Question 65

To smash someone’s face in

Answer 65

Romper el bautismo a alguien

Question 66

To sleep like a baby

Answer 66

Dormir como un bendito

Question 67

To mess it up

Answer 67

Mezclar berzas con capachos

Question 68

To be stunned

Answer 68

Quedarse bizco

Question 69

To be pissed off

Answer 69

Estar hasta las bolsas

Question 70

To be horny

Answer 70

Estar bruto

Question 71

On a wing and a prayer

Answer 71

A la buena de Dios

Question 72

To work very hard

Answer 72

Trabajar como un buey

Question 73

To cost a fortune

Answer 73

Costar una barrada

Question 74

Hit the nail on the head

Answer 74

Dar en el busilis