Colombian expressions

Question 1

Estoy entre [option A] y [option B]

Answer 1

I’m debating between… [option A and option B]

Question 2

No logro decidirme

Answer 2

I can’t make up my mind

Question 3

Nada que me decido

Answer 3

I can’t make up my mind

Question 4

Depende de ti

Answer 4

It’s up to you

Question 5

Cambié de opinión

Answer 5

I changed my mind

Question 6

Estoy entre la espada y la pared

Answer 6

I’m between a rock and a hard place –
I’m caught between a rock and a hard place

Question 7

Yo diría que persona / entidad + debe / debería + verbo infinitivo

Answer 7

I would say that…

Question 8

entidad + debe / debería + verbo infinitivo

Answer 8

I would say that…

Question 9

A mi modo de ver las cosas, alguien / entidad + debe / debería + verbo
infinitivo

Answer 9

The way I see it…

Question 10

Para mí, alguien debería / debe / podría / puede + verbo
infinitivo

Answer 10

In my opinion …

Question 11

En mi opinión, alguien debería / debe / podría / puede + verbo
infinitivo

Answer 11

In my opinion …

Question 12

Yo considero que alguien + debe / tiene que / necesita + verbo infinitivo

Answer 12

I think that / I believe that…

Question 13

A mí me parece que…

Answer 13

It seems to me that…

Question 14

No recuerdo

Answer 14

I don’t remember

Question 15

No me acuerdo

Answer 15

I don’t remember

Question 16

Que yo recuerde

Answer 16

As far as I can remember / As far as I recall

Question 17

Hasta donde recuerdo

Answer 17

As far as I can remember / As far as I recall

Question 18

Si mal no recuerdo

Answer 18

If I remember correctly

Question 19

Si no estoy mal

Answer 19

If I remember correctly

Question 20

Si no me equivoco

Answer 20

If I am not mistaken

Question 21

Lo tengo en la punta de la lengua

Answer 21

It’s on the tip of my tongue

Question 22

No me suena

Answer 22

It doesn’t ring a bell

Question 23

Quedo en blanco

Answer 23

My mind goes blank

Question 24

Me bloqueé

Answer 24

My mind goes blank

Question 25

Se me olvidó por completo

Answer 25

I completely forgot about it! / It completely slipped my mind!

Question 26

Lo olvidé por completo

Answer 26

I completely forgot about it! / It completely slipped my mind!

Question 27

¿Qué iba a decir?

Answer 27

What was I gonna say? / What was I gonna tell you?

Question 28

¿Qué estaba diciendo?

Answer 28

What was I saying?

Question 29

¿Qué te estaba diciendo?

Answer 29

What was I telling you?

Question 30

¿En dónde estábamos?

Answer 30

Where were we?

Question 31

¿En dónde quedamos?

Answer 31

Where were we?

Question 32

Perdí el hilo de lo que estaba diciendo

Answer 32

I lost my train of thought

Question 33

Se me fue la paloma

Answer 33

I lost my train of thought

Question 34

se me hace agua la boca

Answer 34

my mouth is watering

Question 35

tomar el pelo

Answer 35

to pull someone's leg

Question 36

mamar gallo

Answer 36

to pull someone's leg

Question 37

un pan comido

Answer 37

a piece of cake

Question 38

no todo lo que brilla es oro

Answer 38

all that glitters is not gold

Question 39

la curiosida mató al gato

Answer 39

curiosity killed the cat

Question 40

se les da la mano y cogen el codo

Answer 40

give someone an inch and they take a mile

Question 41

ser uña y mugre

Answer 41

to be joint at the hip

Question 42

tirar la casa por la ventana

Answer 42

to spare no expense

Question 43

coger con las manos en la masa

Answer 43

to be caught red handed

Question 44

mejor tarde que nunca

Answer 44

Better late than never

Question 45

aunque la mona se vista de seda mona se queda

Answer 45

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

Question 46

ve al punto

Answer 46

get to the point

Question 47

vaya a punto

Answer 47

get to the point

Question 48

el que mucho abarca poco aprieta

Answer 48

Don't try to bite off more than you can chew

Question 49

a caballo regalado no se le mira el diente

Answer 49

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Question 50

matar dos pájaros de un solo tiro’

Answer 50

kill two birds with one stone

Question 51

del afán solo queda el cansancio

Answer 51

the only thing you get from being always in a hurry is tiredness

Question 52

la experiencia no se improvisa

Answer 52

experience is not improvised

Question 53

que pereza

Answer 53

what a bummer

Question 54

¡Que chévere!

Answer 54

that's great

Question 55

más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo

Answer 55

With age comes wisdom