modismos y expresiones

Question 1

No importar un pepino / un rábano / un pimiento

Answer 1

Not to matter a cucumber / radish / pepper

To be irrelevant

Question 2

Ser pan comido

Answer 2

To be eaten bread

To be very easy

Question 3

Ponerse de mala leche

Answer 3

To get in bad milk

To get in a bad mood

Question 4

Dar calabazas a alguien

Answer 4

To give pumpkins to someone

To reject someone

Question 5

Ser un melón

Answer 5

To be a melon

To be not very intelligent

Question 6

Temblar como un flan

Answer 6

To be shaky like a pudding

To be very nervous

Question 7

Ponerse como un tomate

Answer 7

To turn into a tomato

To blush

Question 8

Ser un bombón

Answer 8

To be a bonbon

To be very good looking

Question 9

Dar la vuelta a la tortilla

Answer 9

To turn the omelette around

To turn the situation around

Question 10

Ser del año de la pera

Answer 10

To be from the year of the pear

To be very old

Question 11

Lavarse las manos

Answer 11

To wash your hands

To avoid your responsibility

Question 12

Hacer algo al pie de la letra

Answer 12

To do something to the foot of the letter

Do something exactly as instructed

Question 13

No tener ni pies ni cabeza

Answer 13

Without feet or head

Not to make sense

Question 14

Meter la pata

Answer 14

To put the leg on it

To make a mistake

Question 15

No pegar ojo

Answer 15

To not strike an eye

Not being able to sleep

Question 16

Sin pelos en la lengua

Answer 16

Without hair in your tongue

To be outspoken

Question 17

Estar hasta las narices

Answer 17

To be up the nose

To be annoyed / tired of something

Question 18

Dormir a pierna suelta

Answer 18

Sleep with a loose leg

To sleep deeply

Question 19

Buscar tres pies al gato

Answer 19

To look for the three feet on a cat

To make something more complicated than it is

Question 20

Andar con pies de plomo

Answer 20

To walk with lead feet

To be very careful

Question 21

No haber color

Answer 21

There is no colour

There is no comparison

Question 22

Tener la negra

Answer 22

To have the black

To have bad luck

Question 23

Dar en el blanco

Answer 23

To throw in the white

To be right

Question 24

Verlo todo de color de rosa

Answer 24

To see everything in pink colour

To be everything with excessive optimism

Question 25

Buscar el príncipe azul

Answer 25

To look for the blue prince

To look for the perfect man

Question 26

Ponerse morado

Answer 26

To get purple

To eat a lot

Question 27

Estar sin blanca

Answer 27

To be without white

To be broke

Question 28

Poner verde a alguien

Answer 28

To turn someone green

To criticize / gossip about someone

Question 29

Tener sangre azul

Answer 29

To have blue blood

To be from a royal or very rich family

Question 30

Encontrar tu media naranja

Answer 30

To find your half orange

To find the perfect partner

Question 31

Tener vista de lince

Answer 31

To have the eyesight of a lynx

Having an excellent vision

Question 32

Ser un gallina

Answer 32

To be a hen

To be a coward

Question 33

Estar en la edad del pavo

Answer 33

To be in the turkey’s age

To be a teenager, to be in puberty

Question 34

Ser la oveja negra

Answer 34

To be the black sheep

To be good for nothing, to be the unsuccessful one

Question 35

Estar como una cabra

Answer 35

To be like a goat

To be crazy

Question 36

No ver tres en un burro

Answer 36

Not being able to see three on a donkey

Having a really bad vision

Question 37

Dar gato por liebre

Answer 37

To give cat for hare

To trick / rip off someone

Question 38

Ser un rata

Answer 38

To be a rat

To be stingy

Question 39

Verle las orejas al lobo

Answer 39

To see the ears of the wolf

To notice danger

Question 40

Tener memoria de pez

Answer 40

To have the memory of a fish

To have a bad memory

Question 41

Tienes la inteligencia justa para no cagarse encima

Answer 41

You have the right intelligence not to shit on yourself

Question 42

Me lo estoy pasando de puta madre

Answer 42

I am having a great fucking time