4.- Expressions and Idioms. pag. 27 Flashcards by Rafa Gandia | Brainscape

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Get on someone’s nerves

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Poner de los nervios

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Happen to do something

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Por casualidad

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Put someone’s feet up

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Descansar

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Lose someone’s temper

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Perder el temperamento

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Make the most of something

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Sacar el máximo partido

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Take someone for granted

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Dar por sentado, dar por supuesto

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Keep an eye on

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Cuidar, vigilar

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In the long run

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A la larga

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To be on the same wavelength

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Estar de acuerdo

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See eye to eye

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Ester de acuerdo

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It bugs me

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Me molesta

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It beats me

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Me impacta, me cuesta entender

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Sleep on something

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Consultar con la almohada

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To be in the red

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Estar en números rojos

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Make ends meet

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Llegar a final de mes

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Drop someone a line

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Escribir a alguien

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To feel under the weather

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No sentirse bien

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To be taken aback

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Estar sorprendido

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To be the apple of someone’s eye

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Ser el ojito derecho

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To be in the public eye

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Estar en el ojo de mira

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Come up to someone’s espectation

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Cumplir tus expectativas

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At eleven hour

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A ultima hora

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Every now and then

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De vez en cuando

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Be made redundant

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Ser despedido
Be fired

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Be in high spirits

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Estar muy contento

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To start from scratch

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Empezar de cero

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To be a pain in the neck

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Ser pesado

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Put paid to something

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Poner fin a algo

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Be second to none

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Insuperable, lo máximo

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to be in the habit of doing something

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tenerla costumbre

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have it in for someone

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difamar, criticar, tener mania

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Get a kick out of something

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Tener un xute de energia

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Come under criticism

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Ser foco de criticas

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Have a gift for something

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Tener un don

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Keep your fingers crossed

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Cruzar los dedos

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Tell the difference

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Percatarse de las diferencias

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Not lose (any) sleep over something

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No perder el sueño

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At eleven hour

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En el último momento

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Round the clock

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A todas horas, todo el rato

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Every now and then

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de vez en cuando

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Once in a blue moon

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muy de vez en cuando

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For the time being

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por el momento

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It was a flop

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Fue un fracaso

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Miss the boat

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Perder el tren

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Catch red-handed

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con las manos en la masa

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Put two ant two together

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llegar a una conclusión

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Straight from the horse’s mouth

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saber de buena tinta

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The last straw

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el colmo

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That takes the biscuit

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eso fue lo que faltaba

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to add insult to injury

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para colmo

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to make a storm in a teacup

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exagerar

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Sell like hot cakes

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venderse como churros

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flat broke

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sin un duro

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cut corners

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economizar

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to be stuck in a rut

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estar estancado en la rutina

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upside down

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del reves

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keep someone posted

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mantener informado

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keep someone in the picture

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mantener informado

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off the record

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Información confidencial

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It’s a small world, isn’t it?

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El mundo es un pañuelo, ¿no?

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That’s beside the point

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Eso no tiene nada que ver

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Take a back seat

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ceder el lugar

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Pull a few strings

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tirar de los hilos

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To make ends meet

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llegar a final de mes

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To enjoy a purple patch

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tener un minuto de gloria

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to call the shots

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estar al mando, llevar la batuta

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Burn the midnight oil

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hincar los codos hasta las tantas

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Black, underground or shadow economy

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economia sumergida

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follow in someone’s footsteps

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seguir los pasos de alguien

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Pop into someone’s head

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se me viene a la mente

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For the time being

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Por el momento

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To be out of luck

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no tener suerte

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know the ropes

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conocer el trabajo

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Rack someone’s brain

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darle vueltas a una tema

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The best of both worlds

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son todo ventajas

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To have a bone to pick with someone

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Tener cuentas pendientes

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it’s a toss-up

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es un empate

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A bull in a china shop

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patoso (clumsy)

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To be as fit as a fiddle

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estar en forma

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Break a leg

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buen suerte

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Rack your brains

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exprimirse los sesos

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