Clothing Expressions Flashcards
Off the cuff
De Improviso, de repente.
Let’s see if I can name a few off the cuff, or without any preparation.
I should not like to express an opinion off the cuff.
Ants in their pants.
Ansioso.
When people are restless or nervous, they have ants in their pants.
Fly by the seat of their pants.
Whe people use their natural sense to do something instead of their learned knowledge.
Caught with their pants down.
Coger con los pantalones abajo.
Wears the pants in the family.
Lleva (usa) los pantalones en la familia.
[Llevar las riendas]
Burn a hole in your pocket.
(Le pica la plata) quiere gastarla rápido.
Tighten your belt.
Ajustarse el cinturón
Under your belt.
Bajo tu cinturón.
[ bajo control]
Take my hat off
Me quito el sombrero (elogiar)
At the drop of a hat.
Inmediatamente.
Pull money out of a hat.
You cannot get money by inventing or imagining it.
Too big for their boots.
(Se cree importante)
People who aretoo big for their bootsthink they are more important than they really are.
Bet your boots
Apostar tus botas.
Fill their shoes.
Yet, truly important people are hard to replace. Rarely can youfill their shoesor replace them with someone equally effective.
Stuffed shirt.
El más importante.
They think he is a real stuffed shirt.
