Phrases

Question 1

Llueve a mares.

Answer 1

Raining cats and dogs.

Literal: It rains seas.

Question 2

Por si las moscas.

Answer 2

Just in case.

Literal: If the flies.

Question 3

Cabezota

Answer 3

Stubborn

Question 4

Chorrada

Answer 4

Nonsense

Question 5

Cutre

Answer 5

Cheap, dirty, seedy, shabby, tacky.

Question 6

Estar como una cabra.

Answer 6

To be absolutely crazy.

Literal: To be as a goat.

Question 7

Ir a su bola.

Answer 7

To do one’s own thing.

Question 8

Mala pata.

Answer 8

Bad luck.

Question 9

Ni fu ni fa.

Answer 9

So-so

Question 10

Pijo

Answer 10

Snob

Question 11

Ser la leche.

Answer 11

To be amazing.

Literal: To be the milk.

Question 12

Tener buen rollo.

Answer 12

To have chemistry, to get on very well.

Question 13

Tener un rollo.

Answer 13

To have a fling.

Question 14

No valer la pena

Answer 14

It’s not worth…

ie: No vale la pena luchar por ello.
It’s not worth fighting for.

Question 15

¡Ser el colmo!

Answer 15

This is the last straw!

Question 16

Por los pelos.

Answer 16

By the skin of our teeth.

Literal: For the hairs.

Question 17

Consultarlo con la almohada.

Answer 17

Sleep on it.

Literal: Consult it with the pillow.

Question 18

Dar por sentado.

Answer 18

Take for granted.

Literal: to give for seated.

Question 19

Dejar sin palabras.

Answer 19

Speechless.

Literal: To leave without words.

Question 20

Ser pan comido.

Answer 20

A piece of cake.

Literal:Bread eaten.

Question 21

Pedir peras al olmo.

Answer 21

To ask for the impossible.

Literal: To ask the elm tree for pears.

Question 22

Arrimar el ascua a su sardina.

Answer 22

Look after number one, a selfish person.

Literal: To put the coals close to your own sardine.

Question 23

Mentar la soga en casa del ahorcado.

Answer 23

Put a foot in it.

Literal: To mention the rope in the house of a hanged man.

Question 24

No saber ni jota de algo.

Answer 24

To not have a clue.

Literal: Not to know even the letter j about something.

Question 25

Cada perico a su estaca, cada changa a su mecate.

Answer 25

To each his own.

Literal: Each parrot on its perch, each monkey on its rope.

Question 26

Meterse en el sobre.

Answer 26

To hit the hay/go to bed.

Question 27

A banderas despegadas.

Answer 27

With flying colours.

Question 28

Colgar las tenis.

Answer 28

Kick the bucket, pass away, die.

Question 29

Estar hasta el rabo.

Answer 29

To be drunk/wasted.

Question 30

Reventar de la risa.

Answer 30

To crack up, laugh.

Question 31

Salirse con la suya.

Answer 31

To get away with something.