Idiomatic Expressions

Question 1

To be as high as a kite (drugs)

Answer 1

Llevar un ciego, estar colocado/tener un buen colocón/‘tener un globo impresionante.’

Question 2

To come as a complete shock

Answer 2

Caer como un balde de agua fría

Question 3

To cry buckets

Answer 3

Llorar de balde

Question 4

To kick up a (tremedous) fuss

Answer 4

Hacer/Levantar una algarada

Question 5

To kick up a row

Answer 5

Armar un jaleo

Question 6

To be having a good time

Answer 6

Estar de jaleo

Question 7

The grass is always greener on the other side

Answer 7

Nadie está contento con su suerte

Question 8

There’s always someone who can’t keep their mouth shut

Answer 8

Nunca falta un buey corneta (And./Cono Sur)

Question 9

When pigs fly

Answer 9

Cuando vuelen los bueyes

Question 10

To be great at sthg

Answer 10

Ser un buey para algo

Question 11

As dead as a dodo

Answer 11

Más muerto que mi abuela

Question 12

To snuff it

Answer 12

Irse al otro barrio

Question 13

To do somebody in (kill sb)

Answer 13

Mandar a algn al otro barrio

Question 14

It’s all Greek to me

It sounds like double Dutch to me

Answer 14

Me suena a Chino

Question 15

To go Dutch (pay 50:50)

Answer 15

Ir/Pagar a escote/a la inglesa

Question 16

To have somebody in the palm of one’s hands

Answer 16

Tener a algn en la palma de la mano

Question 17

To have it in the bag

Answer 17

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Question 18

To have it in for sb

Answer 18

Tenerla tomada con algn

Question 19

Have it your own way!

Answer 19

!Como quieras!

Question 20

As luck would have it…

Answer 20

Quiso la suerte que…

Question 21

An offer not to be sneezed at

Answer 21

Una oferta que no es de despreciar

Question 22

A perfect storm

Answer 22

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Question 23

To hold out an olive branch

Answer 23

Hacer un gesto de paz

Question 24

To go public

Answer 24

Salir a bolsa

Question 25

To not know a lot about sb

To not see a lot of sb

Answer 25

Cotizarse caro

Question 26

The latest Blockbuster film

Answer 26

La última película taquillera

Question 27

To move sthg into the big time

Answer 27

Convertir en un gran éxito/ gigante

Question 28

To be about to do sthg

Answer 28

Ir a + infinitive

Estar a punto de

Question 29

To make a scene

Answer 29

Hacer una escena

Question 30

To be tempted to do sthg

Answer 30

Estar tentado de + infinitive

Question 31

To sort the wheat from the chaff

Answer 31

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Question 32

You can’t beat a dead horse

Answer 32

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Question 33

To beat sb at their own game

Answer 33

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