Words of the day

Question 1

Principio

Answer 1

Outset

Question 2

Estar entre dos aguas / Tener dudas

Answer 2

To be in two minds

Question 3

Pasarlo pipa/a lo grande

Answer 3

To have a whale of a time

Question 4

Ponerse las pilas

Answer 4

Pull your socks up

Question 5

Pasarse de la raya / Ir demasiado lejos

Answer 5

Overstep the mark

Question 6

Aguar la fiesta

Answer 6

To rain on somebody’s parade

Question 7

Un contratiempo

Answer 7

A Bump on the way / in the road

Question 8

Flor de un día

Answer 8

A flash in the pan

Question 9

Proponer / Plantear

Answer 9

Put forward

Question 10

Humildemente

Answer 10

Go cap in hand

Question 11

Sano y salvo

Answer 11

Safe and sound

Question 12

Terreno pantanoso / Estar/Meterse en un berenjenal

Answer 12

(To be on / step on) the / a slippery slope

Question 13

Llamar a las cosas por su nombre

Answer 13

Call a spade a spade

Question 14

Tocarte la china

Answer 14

Draw the short straw

Question 15

Haciendo o Haciéndose más grande/relevante

Answer 15

On the rise

Question 16

Un aplatanao

Answer 16

A couch potato

Question 17

Cerrar el pico / Callarse la boca

Answer 17

To clam up

Question 18

Acaparar más de la cuenta

Answer 18

To bite off more than you can chew

Question 19

Estar con el corazón en un puño

Answer 19

To have your heart in your mouth

Question 20

La pelota está en tu campo

Answer 20

The ball is in your/someone´s court

Question 21

Más sano que una pera

Answer 21

(To be) as fit as a fiddle

Question 22

Aprobar con muy buenas notas

Answer 22

To pass with flying colours

Question 23

Trabajar día y noche / A destajo / Hincharse de trabajar

Answer 23

To burn the candle at both ends

Question 24

Hacer un esfuerzo extra

Answer 24

Go the extra mile

Question 25

Dar el tipo / Proyectar una buena imagen / Estar a la altura

Answer 25

Look the part

Question 26

En caliente

Answer 26

In the heat of the moment

Question 27

El equipo sorpresa

Answer 27

To be the dark horses

Question 28

Un partido complicado

Answer 28

A banana skin

Question 29

Estar en una buena racha

Answer 29

To be on a good run

Question 30

Ronda de eliminación/clasificación

Answer 30

Knockout stage

Question 31

Ser el campeón actual/vigente

Answer 31

(To be) the cup holder(s)

Question 32

Tiro a puerta

Answer 32

Shot on target

Question 33

Una cantada/fallo garrafal

Answer 33

A howler (of a goalkeeper)

Question 34

El área

Answer 34

The (penalty) box

Question 35

Quitarse el sombrero ante alguien

Answer 35

To take your hat off to someone

Question 36

Tener un asunto pendiente con alguien

Answer 36

To have a bone to pick with somebody

Question 37

Mal presagio

Answer 37

A bad omen

Question 38

Tirarse flores / Darse autobombo/importancia

Answer 38

To blow your own trumpet

Question 39

De buena tinta / De su propia boca

Answer 39

Straight from the horse’s mouth

Question 40

No hay mal que por bien no venga / Una suerte

Answer 40

A blessing in disguise

Question 41

Rollo / Palabrería

Answer 41

A rigmarole

Question 42

Duro golpe / Mazazo / Golpe demoledor

Answer 42

Crushing blow

Question 43

Como dos gotas de agua

Answer 43

Two peas in a pod

Question 44

Estar hasta arriba de trabajo

Answer 44

To have a lot/enough/too much on your plate

Question 45

No hay mal que por bien no venga

Answer 45

A blessing in disguise

Question 46

Encantado de la vida

Answer 46

Be thrilled to bits

Question 47

A saber lo que estás pensando

Answer 47

Penny for your thoughts

Question 48

Encantar , flipar

Answer 48

Get a real kick out of sth

Question 49

Pasar pagina

Answer 49

Turn over a new leaf

Question 50

Pasar el marrón

Answer 50

Pass the buck

Question 51

Ir muy desencaminado

Answer 51

Bark ( ing ) up the wrong tree

Question 52

Pasar de las palabras a los hechos

Answer 52

Walk the talk

Question 53

A las duras y a las maduras

Answer 53

Through thick and thin

Question 54

Robarle el protagonismo a alguien

Answer 54

To Steal somebody’s thunder

Question 55

De buena tinta

Answer 55

Straight from the horse’s mouth

Question 56

Agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo

Answer 56

To clutch at straws

Question 57

Por todas partes

Answer 57

Every nook and cranny

Question 58

Hacer borrón y cuenta nueva

Answer 58

To go back to the drawing board

Question 59

Andarse por las ramas

Answer 59

Beat around the bush

Question 60

Poner al mal tiempo buena cara

Answer 60

Grin and bear it

Question 61

Cueste lo que cueste

Answer 61

By hook or by crook

Question 62

Agua pasada

Answer 62

Water under the bridge

Question 63

Empezar algo , ponerse en marcha

Answer 63

Get this show on the road

Question 64

A pasos agigantados

Answer 64

By leaps and bounds