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Coloquialismos #5
AP Spanish Vocabulary Test 8
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Language - Spanish
11th Grade
04/18/2012

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hacer frente a
Definition
face up to
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es tiempo de perros
Definition
it's lousy weather
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espero que soplen mejores vientos
Definition
I hope things get better, the winds change
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Se pasó de raya
Definition
He's crossed the line
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El hábito no hace el monje
Definition
Clothes do not make the man
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De tal palo tal astilla
Definition
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
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Es pan comido
Definition
It's water under the bridge
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Por si las moscas
Definition
Just in case
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Algo por el estilo
Definition
Something like that
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Eso va sin decir
Definition
That goes without saying
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Meter las narices
Definition
to stick one's nose in/to meddle
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Cuando digo Diego, Diego digo
Definition
I say what I mean
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Hay gato encerrado
Definition
something fishy's going on
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hay que llamar al pan pan y al vino vino
Definition
call it like it is, call a spade a spade
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No poder más aguantar
Definition
To not be able to take it any more, to be exhausted
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Tener fama de
Definition
To be known for, to have the reputation of being
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Poderoso caballero es don dinero
Definition
Money talks
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Todo está patas arriba
Definition
Everything's a mess, topsy turvy
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El jefe estaba hechando chispas
Definition
The poss was mad as a hatter, mad as hell, furious, shooting sparks
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Les agarraron con las manos en las manos en la maza
Definition
They were caught red-handed, with their hands in the cookie jar
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De cabo rabo
Definition
From A to Z
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Que mosca te está picando?
Definition
What's bugging you?
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Más vale prevenir que curar
Definition
better safe than sorry
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Llevarse como perro y gato
Definition
To fight like cats and dogs
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Darse el lujo de
Definition
To have the luxury of, to be able to afford to
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Decir una mentira piadosa
Definition
To tell a white lie
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El sentido común es el menos común de todos los sentidos.
Definition
Common sense is the least common of all of the senses.
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la cabra siempre tira al monte
Definition
the leapord never changes his spots
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es mi media naranja
Definition
he/she's my significant other
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el dinero es el estiércol del diablo
Definition
money is the root of all evil
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