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Spanish Idiomss
Idiomss
42
Language - Spanish
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11/09/2008
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cortar el bacalao
 Definition
to rule the roost
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caerse de su burro
 Definition
to admit one's mistake
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reir con risa de conejo
 Definition
to force a laugh
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hay cuatro gatos
 Definition
there's hardly a soul, there's hardly anyone
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llevarse el gato al agua
 Definition
to bring something off, to succeed
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largar a otro el mochuelo
 Definition
to pass the buck
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estar como boca de lobo
 Definition
to be pitch dark
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haberle visto las orejas al lobo
 Definition
to have had a narrow escape, a close shave
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encomendar las ovejas al lobo
 Definition
to put the fox in charge of the henhouse
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sacudir la mosca
 Definition
to cough up the dough
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no oir ni el vuelo de una mosca
 Definition
you could have heard a pin drop
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darle perro a uno
 Definition
to stand s.o. up, break a date
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pagar el pato
 Definition
to pay for s.o. else's mistakes, to get railroaded
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arrimar uno el ascua a su sardina
 Definition
to look out for number one
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cuando las ranas crIen pelo
 Definition
when pigs fly
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llenar la cabeza de pajaritos
 Definition
to fill someone's head with empty talk
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dar en un hueso
 Definition
to hit a snag
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ponersele la mosca detras de la oreja
 Definition
to have one's suspicions aroused
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buscarle pelos al huevo
 Definition
to nitpick, find fault with everything
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andar pisando heuvos
 Definition
to tread on thin ice
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poner toda la carne en el asador
 Definition
to put everything into it, to put all your eggs in one basket
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llamar al pan pan y al vino vino
 Definition
to call a spade a spade
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hacer buenas migas con alguien
 Definition
to get along well with s.o., to hit it off
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estar hasta en la sopa
 Definition
there is no getting away from s.o.
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mandarle a alguien a freir esparragos
 Definition
to tell s.o. to go jump in the lake
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sacar las castaNas del fuego a alguien
 Definition
to save s.o.'s neck
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llevarse calabazas
 Definition
to lose
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no partir peras con nadie
 Definition
to act alone in one's own interest, to go out on one's own
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ir al grano
 Definition
to get to the point
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la ultima gota que hace rebosar la copa
 Definition
the last straw
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ponerse las botas
 Definition
to make a killing
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estar de veinticinco alfileres
 Definition
to be dressed to kill
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vaciar el costal
 Definition
to get it off one's chest
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bailar en la cuerda floja
 Definition
to walk the tightrope, to be on the razor's edge
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tascar el freno
 Definition
to show impatience, to champ at the bit
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caer chuzos de punta
 Definition
to rain cats & dogs
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darle a uno una buena lejIa
 Definition
to give s.o. a good scolding
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ponerse de jarras
 Definition
to put your hands on your hips, arms akimbo
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tener mal templada la guitarra
 Definition
to be in a bad mood
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ensartar perlas
 Definition
to waste one's time
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hacerse un lIo
 Definition
to make a mess of things
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cortarle un traje a uno
 Definition
to run s.o. down, put them down
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