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1
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To feel on top of the world

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Estar como abeja en flor

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To be doomed to fail

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Estar abocado al fracaso

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To be ugly as hell

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Ser un aborto del diablo

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To be dying of thirst

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Abrasarse de sed

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To be madly in love

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Abrasarse de amores

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To be rolling in money

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Nadar en la abundancia

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To be as mad as a brush

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Ser más tonto que Abundio

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To be bored to death

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Aburrirse como un mono

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9
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To not let anyone else get a word in

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Acaparar la palabra

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10
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To have all eyes on

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Acaparar todas las miradas

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To clear the air (figuratively)

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Aclarar las cosas

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To be in one’s Birthday Suit

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Estar en traje de Adán

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13
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To make a killing

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Hacer su agosto

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It’s no use crying over spilt milk

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Agua pasada no mueve molino

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To be as clear as crystal

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Estar más claro que el agua

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16
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To waste one’s time

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Coger agua en cesto

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17
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To be up to one’s neck in ‘it’

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Estar con el agua al cuello

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18
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To come at just the right time

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Venir como agua de mayo

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19
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To have a piss

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Cambiar el agua a las aceitunas

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20
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To be water under the bridge

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Ser agua pasada

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21
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Never say never

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Nunca digas de esta agua no beberé

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Things are settling down

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Las aguas vuelvan a su cauce

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23
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To sit on the fence

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Estar entre dos aguas

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To look for a needle in a haystack

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Buscar una aguja en un pajar

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25
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To have the hang of ‘it’

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Entender la aguja de marear

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26
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To be footloose

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Ser libre como el aire

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27
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To be up in the air

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Estar en el aire

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28
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To try act tough

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Darse aires de valiente

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29
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To run like the wind

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Beber los aires

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30
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To rant and rave

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Echar ajos

31
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To be down in the dumps

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Arrastrar el ala

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To encourage someone

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Dar alas a alguien

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To have friends in high places

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Tener buenas aldabas

34
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To eat like a horse

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Comer más que un alguacil

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To sell one’s soul to the devil

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Vender el alma al diablo

36
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To get soaked

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Mojarse hasta el alma

37
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To sleep on something

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Consultar algo con el almohada

38
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To be broke

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No tener ni para unas alpargatas

39
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In next to no time

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En un decir amén

40
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It will all be the same in a hundred years

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Dentro de cien años todos calvos

41
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To be fuming

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Estar alguien que arde

42
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To not give a damn

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No importar a alguien un ardite

43
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To be a tough customer

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Ser de armas tomar

44
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Get moving!

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¡Arrea!

45
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To shut the barn door after the horse has bolted

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Asno muerto, la cebada al rabo

46
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To get someone off the hook

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Sacar a alguien del atolladero

47
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To be at a loss as to what to do next

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No saber como salir del atranco

48
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To want to have your cake and eat it too

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Querer ir por atún y a ver al duque

49
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To be crazy

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Estar mal de la azotea

50
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To have a (good old) kiss

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Cambiar babas

51
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To have one’s head in the clouds

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Estar en Babia

52
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To tan someone’s hide

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Zurrar la badana a alguien

53
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Go take a hike!

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¡Anda a bañarte!

54
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To kick someone out

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Echar a alguien baquetazo limpio

55
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Face to face

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Barba a barba

56
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To get on someone’s nerves

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Hacer la barba a alguien

57
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To be a real man

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Ser un hombre con toda la barba

58
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No pain, no game

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No hay barranco sin atranco

59
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To have money to burn

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Tener barro a mano

60
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To take it easy

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Echarse a la bartola

61
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To take charge

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Empuñar al bastón

62
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To intervene

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Meter el bastón

63
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To throw a spanner in the works

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Meter un bastón en la rueda

64
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To wear the trousers

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Llevar la batuta

65
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To smash someone’s face in

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Romper el bautismo a alguien

66
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To sleep like a baby

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Dormir como un bendito

67
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To mess it up

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Mezclar berzas con capachos

68
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To be stunned

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Quedarse bizco

69
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To be pissed off

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Estar hasta las bolsas

70
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To be horny

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Estar bruto

71
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On a wing and a prayer

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A la buena de Dios

72
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To work very hard

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Trabajar como un buey

73
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To cost a fortune

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Costar una barrada

74
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Hit the nail on the head

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Dar en el busilis

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