Idioms and Similies Flashcards
Ponerse rojo como un tomate
To turn as red as a tomato
Ver todo color de rosa
To see everything in pink
Llover a cantarros
Raining cats and dogs
Fui a Grecia y la semana pasada y un dia llovio a cantarros
I went to Greece last week and one day it rained cats and dogs
Tengo que ir aunque llueva a cantarros
I need to go even if it rains cats and dogs
Estar mas sano que una pera
To be as fit as a fiddle
Ser pan comido
To be a piece of cake
El trabajo fue pan comido
The job was a piece of cake
Esperos que mis examenes sean pan comido
I hope that my exams are a piece of cake
Al fin y al cabo
At the end of the day
A fin de cuentos
All things considered
Faltar un tornillo
To have a screw lose
Mi hermano menor le falta un tornillo
My little brother has a screw lose
Sin duda, te falta un tornillo
Without a doubt you have a screw lose
La vida son dos dias
Life is short
En el futuro me gustaria viajar por el mundo ya que la vida son dos dias
In the future I would like to travel the world because life is short
Quedarse boquiabierto
To be blown away
Fue tan insperado que me quede boquiabierto
It was so impressive that I was blown away
Algun se quedo boquiabierto cuando
Someone was blown away when
Tener memoria de pez
To have the memory of a fish
Hacer un frio que pela
To be too cold
Ayer no podemos jugar baloncesto porque hizo un frio que pela
Yesterday we couldn’t play basketball because it was too cold
