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Language - Spanish
12th Grade
01/03/2009
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tener la sarten por el mango
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to run the show
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quedar a la altura de su zapatilla
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to be a failure
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caerse del nido
 Definition
to be completely surprised, you don't say!
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dejar a uno en la estacada
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to leave s.o. in the lurch
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estar entre la espada y la pared
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to be caught between a rock & a hard place
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cortar los lazos
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to cut off all contact
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descubrir el polvorIn
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to uncover the secret
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la pelota esta aun en el tejado
 Definition
the game isn't over yet
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empezar la casa por el tejado
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to put the cart before the horse
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tener telaraNas en los ojos
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to be blind
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saber latIn
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to be n.b.'s fool
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echar agua al mar
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to be pointless
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estar en las nubes
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to be daydreaming
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no es cosa del otro mundo
 Definition
it's nothing to write home about
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todo va viento en popa
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all is going well
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el mundo es un paNuelo
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it's a small world
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tragarle a uno la tierra
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to disappear into nowhere
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estar entre dos aguas
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to be undecided
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agua pasada no mueve molino
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that's water over the dam
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parecerse como dos gotas de agua
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to be like two peas in a pod
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mandar al quinto pino
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to send to blazes
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alzarse con el santo y la limosna
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to clear off with everything
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andar de Herodes a Pilato
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to go from bad to worse
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tener Angel
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to have charm, be charming
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hacer su santa voluntad
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to do as one pleases
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aquello fe llegar y besar el santo
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it was like taking candy from a baby
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tener un tornillo flojo
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to be crazy
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todos los santo tienen novena
 Definition
one's time will come
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venir con mUsicas
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to tell tales
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ir por lana y volver trasquilado
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to get burned
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cantar de plano
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to spill the beans
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destornillarse de risa
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to split one's sides laughing
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no saber ni papa de
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to know nothing about
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costar un ojo de la cara
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to cost an arm & a leg
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quemarse las pestaNas
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to burn the midnight oil
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perder los estribos
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to lose one's temper; to fly off the handle
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faltarle a uno un tornillo
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to be nuts
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