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1
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Stove

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Fogón

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Struggle

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Forcejear

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Wriggle out

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Zambullirse

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Partition

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Tabique

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Playing cards

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Naipes

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Rack brain

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Devanarse los senos

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Poke (rummage) around

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Hurgar

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The squeaky wheel gets the grease

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El que no llora, no mama

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Birds of a feather flock together

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Dios los cría y ellos se juntan

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You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

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No se puede hacer un monedero de seda con una oreja de cerdo

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Out of the frying pan to the fire

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El gato escalado del agua fría huye

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Kill two birds with one stone

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Matar dos pájaros de un tiro

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13
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Stick your foot in your mouth

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Meter la pata

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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

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Más vale un pájaro en la mano que cien volando / Más vale un hoy que dos mañanas

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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

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La soga rompe por lo más delgado

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A chip off the old block

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De tal palo, tal astilla

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A friend in need is a friend indeed

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Amigo en la adversidad es un amigo de verdad

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18
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step

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Barco que no anda no llega a puerto

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19
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A lot of hot air

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De ese infierno no salen chispas

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A man is known by the company he keeps

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Dime con quien andas y te diré quién eres

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21
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A perfect match

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Me viene como anillo al dedo

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A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country

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Nadie es profeta en su tierra [pueblo]

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A taste of his own medicine

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Estar probando su propia medicina

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A tiger doesn’t change its stripes

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La yerba mala nunca se muere

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According to the latest gossip

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Dicen las malas lenguas, y la mía que no es muy buena también lo repita

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26
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Actions speak louder than words

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El movimiento se demuestra andando / No es lo mismo decirlo que hacerlo

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27
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After a storm comes a calm

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Después de la tormenta, siempre llega la calma

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After marriage, life goes downhill

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En vida de matrimonio, ni soso ni salado

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All bark and no bite

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Mucho ruido y pocas nueces

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30
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All cats are grey in the dark

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De noche todos los gatos son prietos

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31
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All good things must end

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Lo bueno dura poco

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32
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All over the place

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Esta como el arroz blanco, en todas las partes

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33
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All that glitters is not gold

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No todo lo que brilla es oro

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34
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Always lands on his feet

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El que nace para bombero, del cielo le cae el sombrero / El que nace para toro del cielo le caen los cuernos

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35
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Always room for one more

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Donde comen dos, comen tres

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36
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An eye for an eye

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Ojo por ojo, diente por diente

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37
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An idle mind is the devil’s workshop

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El ocio es la madre de todos los vicios

38
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

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Es mejor precaver que tener que remediar / Más vale prevenir que tener que lamentar

39
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Appearances can be deceiving

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Todo lo prieto no es morcilla

40
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As happy as a clam

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Más contento que perro con dos rabos

41
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As old as the hills

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Más viejo que el frío / Más viejo que Matusalen

42
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As stubborn as a mule

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Es más terco que una mula

43
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As sure as death and taxes

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La muerte es lo único seguro que tenemos en la vida

44
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As ugly as sin

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Es más feo que un caso de drogas

45
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As white as snow

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Más jincho que nalga de monja / Más jincho que un sobaco de monja

46
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Be happy with what you’ve got

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Más vale tierra en cuerpo que cuerpo en tierra

47
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Bend over, here it comes again (BOHICA)

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Chúpate esa en lo que te mondan la otra

48
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Better late than never

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Más vale tarde que nunca

49
Q

Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know

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Es mejor malo conocido que bueno por conocer

50
Q

Between a rock and a hard place

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Estar entre la espada y la pared

51
Q

Bitch, bitch, bitch

A

Como quiera que te pongas siempre tienes que llorar

52
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Bite off more than you can chew

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Quedarse sin el plato y la comida / Quedarse sin la soga y sin la cabra

53
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Bites the hand that feeds him

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Cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos

54
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Black as coal

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Prieto color teléfono

55
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Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

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Nacer en cuna de oro

56
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Brains over brawn

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A cada guaraguao le llega su pitirre / Más vale maña que fuerza

57
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Business before pleasure

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El deber antes que el placer

58
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Business is business

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Compay, compay, pero la gallina vale dos reales

59
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Butt-ugly

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Más feo que una patada en la cara

60
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The early bird gets the worm

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Al que madruga Dios lo ayuda

61
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You snooze, you lose

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Camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente

62
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You don’t have yet wings and already want to fly

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Aún no tienes alas y ya quieres volar

63
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Put a good face to the bad times

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Al mal tiempo, buena cara

64
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Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

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A caballo regalado, no se le ven los dientes / A caballo regalado no se le mira el colmillo

65
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You can’t force your shoes to fit

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A fuerza, ni los zapatos entran

66
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After the child drowns they close the well

A

Ahogado el niño, tapando el pozo

67
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During bad times hurry up to a solution

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Al mal paso, darle prisa

68
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Where there’s smoke, there’s fire

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Cuando el río suena es que agua lleva

69
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Everybody has a price

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Con dinero baila el perro

70
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He who wants to hold everything holds nothing

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El que mucho abarca, poco aprieta

71
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Bad weed never dies

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Hierba mala nunca muere

72
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Call a spade a spade

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Al pan, pan y al vino, vino

73
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Caught red-handed

A

Pillar con las manos en la masa

74
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Caught with a hand in the cookie jar

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Pillar con las manos en la masa

75
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Children and fools tell the truth

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Los niños y los borrachos siempre dicen la verdad

76
Q

Clothes don’t make the man

A

El hábito no hace al monje pero lo distingue

77
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Curiosity killed the cat

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La curiosidad mató al gato

78
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Cut to the chase

A

Al pan, pan y al vino, vino

79
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Different strokes for different folks

A

Cada cual a lo suyo

80
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Do not put words in his mouth

A

No hables por boca ajena

81
Q

Does a bear shit in the woods?

A

¿A quién le amarga un dulce?

82
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Does not practice what he preaches

A

Predicar la moral en calzoncillos

83
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Don’t wish too hard, you might just get it

A

Está buscando lo que no se le ha perdido

84
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Don’t add fuel to the fire

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No eches más leña al fuego

85
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Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched

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No cantes victoria antes de tiempo

86
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Don’t stick your nose where it does not belong

A

Agua que no has de beber déjala correr

87
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Loose lips sink ships

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En boca cerrada no entran moscas

88
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Dressed to the nines

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Estar más combinado que un cuadro del hipodromo

89
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Drunk as a skunk

A

Más ahumado que un trapo de una plancha

90
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Actions speak louder than words

A

Las palabras convencen, pero el ejemplo arrastra

91
Q

El bote

A

Prison

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