modismos y expresiones Flashcards
No importar un pepino / un rábano / un pimiento
Not to matter a cucumber / radish / pepper
To be irrelevant
Ser pan comido
To be eaten bread
To be very easy
Ponerse de mala leche
To get in bad milk
To get in a bad mood
Dar calabazas a alguien
To give pumpkins to someone
To reject someone
Ser un melón
To be a melon
To be not very intelligent
Temblar como un flan
To be shaky like a pudding
To be very nervous
Ponerse como un tomate
To turn into a tomato
To blush
Ser un bombón
To be a bonbon
To be very good looking
Dar la vuelta a la tortilla
To turn the omelette around
To turn the situation around
Ser del año de la pera
To be from the year of the pear
To be very old
Lavarse las manos
To wash your hands
To avoid your responsibility
Hacer algo al pie de la letra
To do something to the foot of the letter
Do something exactly as instructed
No tener ni pies ni cabeza
Without feet or head
Not to make sense
Meter la pata
To put the leg on it
To make a mistake
No pegar ojo
To not strike an eye
Not being able to sleep
Sin pelos en la lengua
Without hair in your tongue
To be outspoken
Estar hasta las narices
To be up the nose
To be annoyed / tired of something
Dormir a pierna suelta
Sleep with a loose leg
To sleep deeply
Buscar tres pies al gato
To look for the three feet on a cat
To make something more complicated than it is
Andar con pies de plomo
To walk with lead feet
To be very careful
No haber color
There is no colour
There is no comparison
Tener la negra
To have the black
To have bad luck
Dar en el blanco
To throw in the white
To be right
Verlo todo de color de rosa
To see everything in pink colour
To be everything with excessive optimism
