Idioms Flashcards by Marta F

Correr un riesgo

To take/run a risk

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Tener mono de

To have a craving for

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Declararse en huelga

To down tools

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Muy calentito

As warm as toast

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Estar armado hasta los dientes

To be armed to the teeth

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Primero es la obligación que la devoción

Business before pleasure

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Dinero contante y sonante

Hard cash

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Ni fu no fa

To leave cold

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…y cosas por el estilo

…and the like

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Más vale maña que fuerza

Better brains than brown

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Tener una carta en la manga

To have a card up one’s sleeve

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A buen entendedor pocas palabras bastan

A word to the wise is enough

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No colgar el teléfono

To hold the line

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Un príncipe azul

The answer to a maiden’s prayer

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Tener a alguien en la palma de la mano

To have someone in the palm of one’s hand

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Arriesgarse el cuello

To risk one’s neck

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Levantársele, tener una erección

To get it up

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Donde las dan las toman

Two can play that game

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Cara larga

A face as long as fiddle

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Atar cabos

To put two and two together

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Como era de esperar, típico

True to type

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A cada paso, a cada momento

At every turn

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Fuera de los caminos trillados, en un sitio muy retirado

Off the beaten track

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La curiosidad mató al gato

Curiosity killed the cat

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Estar sin dinero

To be out of cash

Ser pan comido

To be a piece of cake

Llamarse lo mismo que

To be named after

Más alegre que unas pascuas, en las nubes

Walking on air

Tener la moral muy alta

To be in good heart

De buenas intenciones está empedrado el camino del infierno

The path/road/way to hell is paved with good intentions

Poner el grito en el cielo

To hit the ceiling/the roof

¿Y eso con qué se come?

What’s it when it’s at home?

Más alegre que unas pascuas, en las nubes

Walking on air

Tener la moral muy alta

To be in good heart

De buenas intenciones está empedrado el camino del infierno

The path/road/way to hell is paved with good intentions

Poner el grito en el cielo

To hit the ceiling/the roof

¿Y eso con qué se come?

What’s it when it’s at home?

Tener la vista puesta en (objetivos)

Set your sights on

Huele que apesta

Smell to high heaven

Hacerle un corte de mangas a alguien

To put two fingers up at someone

Mala hierba nunca muere

The devil looks after his own

Pillarse los dedos

To burn one’s fingers

Sentirse portavelas, carabina

To feel like a fifth wheel

Dar en el clavo

To hit the nail on the head

Contener el aliento

To hold one’s breath

Vivir al día

To live from day to day

Llegar a las manos

To come to blows

Coger frío

To catch a chill

Perder los estribos

To lose control

Mala pata

Hard luck

Llamarle la atención a alguien

To hit someone in the eye

Darle a alguien un soponcio

To give someone a fit

Rápido como un rayo

(as) quick as a flash

Estar allí presente observando

To be a fly on the wall

Mandar a alguien a dar un paseíto, mandar a alguien a ver si llueve

To send someone on a fool’s errand

Estar loco de atar, estar más loco que una cabra

To be as mad as a March hare

Ser inquieto

To be itchy/itching feet

Importar un carajo

Not to give a fuck

Dar fruto

To bear fruit

Tener malas pulgas

To have a short fuse

Con tu pan te lo comas

You’ve made your bed and now you must lie in it

La vida no es una cama de rosas

Life is not a bed of roses

Ande yo caliente y ríase la gente

Comfort is better than pride

Una solterona

An old maid

Hacer una colecta

To pass de hat

Mala opinión

Low opinion

Tenérsela jugada a alguien

To have it in for | I think he has it in for me

Trabajar con ahínco

To toil with a will

¡Y sanseacabó!

That’s flat!

No quiero ni oír hablar de eso

I won’t hear of it

Perder la chaveta

To lose one’s marbles

En el fondo

At heart

Enamorarse perdidamente

To sweep someone off her/his feet (Swept, swept)

Matar la gallina de los huevos de oro

To kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s)

Dar algo por sentado

To take something for granted

Sin pestañear

Not to bat an eyelash/eyelid/eye

Coquetear, sin inmutarse

To bat one’s eyes/eyelashes

Nadie está contento con su suerte

The grass is always greener on the other side

Aguantarse

To grean and bear it

Si levantara la cabeza de la tumba

To turn in one’s grave

Ten cuidado, puede haber gato encerrado

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

Tener mano para las plantas

To have a green thumb/fingers

Deslomarse trabajando

To work/slog one’s guts out

Adelantarse a los acontecimientos, salir antes de tiempo

To jump the gun

Estar en guardia

To be on (one’s) guard

Sufrir pérdidas

To take a bath

Caer en saco roto

To fall on stony ground

Quedarse dormido

To allow the grass to grow under one’s feet

Estar a bien con alguien

To be in good with someone

A otro perro con ese hueso

You can tell that to the marines!

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Un paquete de alegría

A bundle of joy