Idioms

Question 1

¡que me quiten lo bailado!

Answer 1

This Spanish expression is originally from Rio de la Plata and means that, come what may, no one can take away from us the good times we’ve had.

Question 2

a banderas desplegadas

Answer 2

with flying colors

Question 3

a caballo regalado no le mires el diente

Answer 3

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

Question 4

a chorros

Answer 4

in great quantities

Question 5

a como de lugar

Answer 5

at all costs, in any way possible

Question 6

a contramano

Answer 6

in the wrong direction, against the traffic

Question 7

a destiempo

Answer 7

untimely, ill-timed, inopportune

Question 8

a dos pasos

Answer 8

very close, within an ace of

Question 9

a duras penas

Answer 9

scarcely, with great difficulty

Question 10

a fin de cuentas

Answer 10

at the end of the day, when all is said and done

Question 11

a gatas

Answer 11

on all fours

Question 12

a granel

Answer 12

in bulk

Question 13

a la carrera

Answer 13

This Spanish idiom describes an unthorough, hurried way of doing something.

Question 14

a la larga

Answer 14

in the long run

Question 15

a la merced de

Answer 15

at the mercy of

Question 16

a la vez

Answer 16

at the same time, simultaneously

Question 17

a las espaldas de alguien

Answer 17

behind somebody’s back

Question 18

a lo major

Answer 18

maybe, possibly

Question 19

a mano

Answer 19

even, without pending accounts either way, 2. by hand

Question 20

a más tardar

Answer 20

at the latest

Question 21

a menudo

Answer 21

often, many a time

Question 22

a ojo de buen cubero

Answer 22

by rule of thumb

Question 23

a palo seco

Answer 23

without anything to go with it. This Spanish idiom is most commonly used referring to food or drink taken without anything else.

Question 24

a pesar de

Answer 24

in spite of

Question 25

a propósito

Answer 25

by the way