Idioms Flashcards

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1
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Tiene más lana que un borrego

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Someone is loaded with cash

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2
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Se me hace agua la boca

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Delicious food

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3
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Tener humor de perros

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Be in a bad mood

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4
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Ser uña y carne

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Be best buddies

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5
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Estar hecho un ají

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To be made pissed of

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6
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Lo dijo de labios para fuera

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Didn’t mean what he said

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7
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Quedarse de piedra

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Be stunned

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8
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No tener pelos en la lengua

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To be blunt

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9
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Ser pan comido

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It’s easy

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10
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Tomar el pelo

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Someone is tricking or making fun of someone else but in a good natured way

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11
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Quien calla otorga

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Silence speaks volumes

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12
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Es como hablar a la pared

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Like talking to a brick wall

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13
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Las palabras se las lleva el viento

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Actions speaks louder than words

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14
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Mucho ruido y pocas nueces

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All mouth no trousers

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15
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Al hambre no hay pan duro

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Beggars can’t be choosers

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16
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El mundo es un pañuelo

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It’s a small world

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17
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En boca cerrada no entran moscas

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Better to keep quiet and minding your own business

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18
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Pedir peras al olmo

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To ask for the impossible

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19
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Hacer de tropas corazón

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Pluck up the courage to do something

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20
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No saber ni papa/jota de algo

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Not to know anything about something

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21
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Por si las moscas

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Just in case. Voy a llevar el paraguas por si las moscas

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22
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Poner las pilas

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To be alert

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23
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Sacar la piedra

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To frustrate or anger

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24
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Echar el muerto

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To put the blame on someone

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25
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Poner las manos en el fuego

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To have complete faith that someone …

26
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Echar la casa por la ventana

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To splash out

27
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Volverse un ocho

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To make yourself confused

28
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Otros viente pesos

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That’s another subject

29
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Echar agua al mar

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Something is pointless

30
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Menos mal que

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It’s a good job that

31
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No te pases conmigo

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Don’t cross the line

32
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Sabes te has pasado 3 narices / pueblos

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You’ve gone too far

33
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No es para tanto

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It’s not a big deal

34
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Para nada

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No way!

35
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Alguna vez

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Once before have you ..

36
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A medias

A

By half

37
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A que

A

I bet

38
Q

Anda

A

Go on!

39
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Aquí luchando

A

Getting by

40
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Aquí tienes

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Here you have it

41
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Costar te

A

Something difficult

42
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Dar cosa

A

Something makes you feel weird

43
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Dar miedo

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Somethings scary

44
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De retraso

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Delay

45
Q

Se me da bien

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I’m good at

46
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Dormilón

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Sleepyhead

47
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De sobra

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Have more than enough. To know too well

48
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De todas formas

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In any case / anyway

49
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En punto

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On the dot

50
Q

Eres un crack

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Someone who is an expert or good at something

51
Q

Estoy de broma

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To be joking

52
Q

Estar en marcha

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Running/ moving / in process

53
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Estar mal de la cabeza

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To be sick in the head / off his head

54
Q

Estrechar la mano

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Shake the hand

55
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Hasta

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Even/until

56
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Habérmelo dicho

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Shoulda told me

57
Q

Hablar por los codos

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Talk a lot

58
Q

No sé de qué leches me estás hablando

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Don’t know what the hell your talking about

59
Q

Qué leches te pasa

A

What the hell is wrong with u

60
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Ir a toda leche

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Go at full speed