Refranes/Frases Hechas Flashcards
To unnerve fellow learners of Spanish and impress (and confuse) natives (61 cards)
Freírse con los papeles
To inundate with paperwork
Reírse a carcajadas
To laugh uncontrollably
Hincarse de codos
To knuckle-down with work/study
Por la boca muere el pez
Someone who talks too much
Ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente
Ignorance is bliss
Soltarse la molena
To let your hair down
Ir como la seda
To run like clockwork
Dar brazo a torcer
To twist one’s arm
Llevarse como el perro y el gato
To get on badly with someone
Estar como una cuba
To be very drunk
Ir al grano
To get to the point
Como un disco rayado
Like a broken record
Valga la redundancia!
When you repeat something twice
Se apela a la retina
Attention-grabbing
Al pie de la letra
When something is done exactly/precisely
Como conejillos de indias
Doing something first i.e. like guinea pigs
Meterse en el papel
To be deeply invested in a role
Tirarselo a la cara
To bring secrets to light, usually home-truths
La cara era un poema!
His/Her face was a picture!
Ponerse en marcha
To put something into practice
Según esta panorama
The bigger picture
Hacer algo de mil amores
To do something enthusiastically
Como oro en paño
To describe something well-hidden/safe
Dar cabezados
To nod off
