Idioms Flashcards

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1
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Not Sleep a wink

A

Unable to sleep

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2
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Shuteye

A

Sleep

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3
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Wide awake

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Fully Awake; Totally awake

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4
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Crack of Dawn

A

Very early in the Morning

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5
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Hit the hay

A

Go to Bed

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6
Q

Cat nap

A

Short Sleep

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7
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Recharge the batteries

A

To Regain Energy after

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8
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Sleep like a log

A

Sleep Soundly (deep sleep)

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9
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Beauty Sleep

A

Amount of sleep you need to be healthy, young & fresh

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10
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Toss and turn

A

Can’t sleep, move constantly in the bed trying to get confortable

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11
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Food comma

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Sleep after we eat a lot of food

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12
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Touch & go

A

Vulnerable; Dangerous; Fragile

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13
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I’d rather not say

A

Polite way to answer a question you don’t want

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14
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To ask someone point blank

A

To ask someone directly (Directo al blanco)

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15
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To turn someone’s world upside-down

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To complete change someone’s life

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16
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To pry (something) out of (someone)

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To get information the other don’t want to give you (i.e: insistir una y otra vez para conseguir cierta informacion)

17
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To dole (something) out

A

To give out information

18
Q

To get mauled

A

To get injured in a violent attack

19
Q

Over the top

A

Too much; Over expected

20
Q

Out of the picture

A

More involve

21
Q

All it all up

A

Count the total amount of something

22
Q

The dogs are barking

A

It’s referring when the women use high hells and their legs are tired, hurts, …

23
Q

Tacky

A

Cheesy; Distasteful; Disgusting; out-of-style. Something is not original: It’s fake, cheap, bad taste (fashion).

24
Q

Rip on (someone)

A

Laugh at someone

25
Q

Rad

A

It means “Cool” (1990’s word)

26
Q

Livid

A

Really, Really angry

27
Q

That’s tight

A

It means that’s cool

28
Q

Blows

A

No good; Terrible; Sucks

29
Q

Dork

A

Geek; Nerd

30
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Jerk

A

Asshole

31
Q

Idiot

A

Stupid

32
Q

I’ll keep you posted

A

Te mantendré informado

33
Q

What are u up to today?

A

Que hay para hoy?

Que van a hacer hoy?

34
Q

Be my guest

A

Como quieras