Idioms Flashcards
To challenge/ to bring into question
Poner en tela de juicio
To not beat around the bush
No andarse por rodeos
Descornar la flor
To let the cat out of the bag
Días y olías
What will be will be
When pigs might fly
Cuando las gallinas meer
To turn your back (on someone)
Dar la espalda
To pull someone’s leg
Tomar el pelo
To be a piece of cake
Ser pan comido
To tell it how it is
No tener pelos en la lengua
To be stunned
Quedarse de piedra
Good for nothing
No servir para nada
Now I get it!
¡Ya caigo!
Once and for all
De una vez
Instead of
En vez de
Maybe
Tal vez
What’s done is done
A lo hecho, pecho
One should not bite off more than they can chew
Quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta
To find it convenient
Tener a bien
To be sophisticated
Tener mundo
To be lucky
Tener buena estrella
To keep one’s word
Tener palabra
To intend to
Tener pensado
To be to blame
Tener la culpa
To be very persuasive
Tener un pico de otro
To bare in mind
Tener presente
To take into account
Tener en cuenta
To be right
Tener razón
To be successful
Tener éxito
To feel like (doing something)
Tener ganas de
It’s clear
Está despejado
To be broke
Estar a dos velas
To be about to
Estar a punto de
To be in agreement with
Estar conforme con
To be about to happen
Estar al caer
That is unnecessary
Eso está de mas
To be besides oneself emotionally
Estar fuera de sí
To be worn out
Estar hecho polvo
To be in excess
Estar de sobra
To be in good shape
Estar en condiciones
To face, to look upon
Dar hacia
To please
Dar gusto
To disgust
Dar asco
To cause a lot of trouble
Dar guerra
To take responsibility, to face
Dar la cara
To lend a hand
Dar una mano
To make no difference
Dar lo mismo
To stand out
Dar la nota
Long time ago
Hace mucho tiempo
A while ago
Hace poco
To be in need of
Hacer falta
To realise
Darse cuenta de
To take as a joke
Tomar a broma
To take to heart
Tomar a pecho
To side with
Tomar partido
To get the wrong end of the stick
Tomar el rábano por las hojas
To take seriously
Tomar en serio
To clear things up/ to explain
Poner las cosas en claro
To question
Poner en duda
Poner en marcha
To get going, to start
From bad to worse
De mal en peor
From now on
De ahora en adelante
In accordance with
De acuerdo de
So that
De manera que
In fashion
De moda
De modo
So that
En buena gala
Willingly
By no means
De ningún modo
From beginning to end
De cabo a rabo
De otro modo
Otherwise
In fact
De hecho
Suddenly
De golpe
Very much
De lo lindo
Too many
De sobra
De veras
Really, truly
