Phrases Flashcards

Question

To be on the fence (SP)

Answer 1

Nadar entre dos aguas/Ficar no muro

Answer 2

To get worked up over nothing

Answer 3

To be up in the air

Answer 4

To be unaware of

Answer 5

To beat it/run away

Answer 6

To stand on one's own two feet

Answer 7

To have enough time (money)

Answer 8

To be shakily put together

Answer 9

To be absolutely packed

Answer 10

To be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

Answer 11

Espesar Engrossar

Answer 12

Cabildero Lobista

Answer 13

To make a big fuss about something

Answer 14

To hold one's breath

Answer 15

Alimentarse de

Answer 16

To sit on pins and needles

Answer 17

To sleep on it

Answer 18

To put on a pedestal

Answer 19

To be up to (the challenge)

Answer 20

The great beyond

Answer 21

To make friends with

Answer 22

To make up

Answer 23

To go back to one's old ways

Answer 24

In the long run

Answer 25

At top speed

Answer 26

To carry on a stretcher

Answer 27

To fit perfectly (to a T)

Answer 28

Presence of mind

Answer 29

To be anxious to

Answer 30

In addition

Answer 31

To lie about one's age

Answer 32

Appearances are deceiving

Answer 33

To bet (Yo apuesto a que no lo quiere)

Answer 34

Jack of all trades, master of none

Answer 35

To be hard put

Answer 36

To have a hard time

Answer 37

To get out of a jam

Answer 38

To be a tough customer

Answer 39

To manage (to)

Answer 40

To belong to the upper class

Answer 41

To be filthy

Answer 42

To have good contacts/connections

Answer 43

At half mast

Answer 44

To leave in the lurch

Answer 45

To take the easiest way out

Answer 46

To get into a mess

Answer 47

To be on one's guard

Answer 48

To not catch on

Answer 49

To be wild about

Answer 50

To get the short end of the stick

Answer 51

To drop out

Answer 52

under one's breath

Answer 53

With flying colors

Answer 54

Right to one's face

Answer 55

To butter up

Answer 56

To look out for oneself

Answer 57

To take it easy

Answer 58

Behind the scenes

Answer 59

To sleep like a baby

Answer 60

Nothing lasts forever

Answer 61

To see fit to (Tuvo bien a ayudarnos)

Answer 62

To vent one's anger

Answer 63

To be amazed

Answer 64

To draw a blank in one's mind

Answer 65

To be a weakling

Answer 66

To be generally known

Answer 67

Face down (up)

Answer 68

To say whatever comes into one's mind

Answer 69

To piss someone off

Answer 70

To wrap around one's little finger Se mete a las mujeres en el bolsillo

Answer 71

To cough up (money)

Answer 72

To give something a lot of hype

Answer 73

In hand-to-hand combat

Answer 74

Right-hand man

Answer 75

To stick to one's guns

Answer 76

Poorly done

Answer 77

All joking aside

Answer 78

To play practical jokes

Answer 79

To take lightly

Answer 80

To start a fight

Answer 81

To fall on one's face

Answer 82

That will do

Answer 83

... good old... Así es el bueno de Juan - That's the way good old John is

Answer 84

To move at a snails pace

Answer 85

Whether one likes it or not

Answer 86

To slip away

Answer 87

To fill somebody's head with something

Answer 88

Head first

Answer 89

To shake one's head

Answer 90

To put two and two together

Answer 91

To each his own

Answer 92

To flunk (in school)

Answer 93

To be as solid as a rock

Answer 94

To develop a thick skin

Answer 95

To be warming up

Answer 96

In a tight spot (fix)

Answer 97

To be better left unsaid

Answer 98

To give the shirt off of one's back

Answer 99

To clean out (like clean someone out)

Answer 100

As cool as a cumcumber

Answer 101

Out in the open

Answer 102

To spill the beans (obviously also sing)

Answer 103

Heads or tails

Answer 104

To face up to

Answer 105

Pantallazo Capture de tela

Answer 106

To look bad

Answer 107

To keep informed

Answer 108

To look each other in the face

Answer 109

To put on a sad face

Answer 110

To look sleepy

Answer 111

To look mean

Answer 112

To carry off

Answer 113

To be in charge of

Answer 114

To take charge of

Answer 115

To do the favor of

Answer 116

At full speed

Answer 117

To intervene in a matter

Answer 118

To go overboard

Answer 119

Never to set foot in the house again

Answer 120

Look before you leap

Answer 121

The fact is

Answer 122

If worst comes to worst

Answer 123

As a last resort

Answer 124

One way or the other

Answer 125

To be too much

Answer 126

A house of cards

Answer 127

It so happens that

Answer 128

To take the bait

Answer 129

To raise one's eyebrows

Answer 130

By the hundreds

Answer 131

To be right where one belongs

Answer 132

At close range

Answer 133

To talk nonstop

Answer 134

To be crazy about somebody

Answer 135

Not to say a word

Answer 136

To hit the nail on the head

Answer 137

To bend an elbow

Answer 138

Everything will come out in the wash

Answer 139

To have been around the block; to know a thing or two

Answer 140

To be the limit

Answer 141

Down to the last detail

Answer 142

To be offbeat (out of time (music))

Answer 143

Guilty conscience

Answer 144

To jump to conclusions

Answer 145

On the condition that

Answer 146

Guinea pig

Answer 147

In accordance with

Answer 148

To pay with cash

Answer 149

I'm counting on you

Answer 150

To be fed up (with)

Answer 151

To follow the crowd

Answer 152

To be up-to-date on

Answer 153

Sooner or later

Answer 154

As if nothing happened

Answer 155

To set things straight

Answer 156

To be child's play

Answer 157

To tickle someone

Answer 158

At the expense of

Answer 159

At all costs

Answer 160

To be nothing but skin and bone

Answer 161

Don't get the wrong idea

Answer 162

Not to have a penny to one's name

Answer 163

To spoon-feed someone

Answer 164

To lose count/track

Answer 165

On one's own

Answer 166

Old wives' tale

Answer 167

Under the counter

Answer 168

To be determined to

Answer 169

Within an inch of; on the verge of

Answer 170

To go ahead

Answer 171

To chew up

Answer 172

To keep to the right

Answer 173

As if by accident

Answer 174

To slip something to someone

Answer 175

To find a loophole

Answer 176

To be up-to-date

Answer 177

To bring up-to-date

Answer 178

When least expected

Answer 179

A diamond in the rough

Answer 180

To be on a diet

Answer 181

The early bird gets the worm

Answer 182

To be useless

Answer 183

One-way street

Answer 184

Against one's will

Answer 185

To be a born leader

Answer 186

In a flash (jiffy)

Answer 187

Bittersweet

Answer 188

To take advantage of the situation

Answer 189

To lean back

Answer 190

A white elephant

Answer 191

To be in one's element

Answer 192

To make a scene

Answer 193

In writing

Answer 194

To turn one's back on someone

Answer 195

On one's back

Answer 196

To have one's back turned

Answer 197

To tell someone to go jump in a lake

Answer 198

To lack backbone/To just take it

Answer 199

To throw in the towel

Answer 200

To grow; To prosper

Answer 201

To deserve great honors

Answer 202

To see stars

Answer 203

To be smashed/wasted

Answer 204

To show someone up

Answer 205

To pass an exam

Answer 206

To overdo something

Answer 207

To be on the lookout for

Answer 208

At the expense of

Answer 209

To travel abroad

Answer 210

To be almost ready

Answer 211

To be rumored that

Answer 212

To have a reputation for

Answer 213

To get ugly

Answer 214

To be a fiend for

Answer 215

To be a wet blanket

Answer 216

To not be in a joking mood

Answer 217

In single file

Answer 218

To be a double-edged sword

Answer 219

On the tip of one's tongue

Answer 220

To flatter

Answer 221

In the shape of

Answer 222

Across from

Answer 223

To face up to

Answer 224

To grab the bull by the horns

Answer 225

To stay cool; To be as cool as a cucumber

Answer 226

To get close to (Frisaba en los cuarenta años)

Answer 227

To have had it (Estamos fritos!)

Answer 228

Over a high flame

Answer 229

To be between a rock and a hard place

Answer 230

To open fire

Answer 231

To be dying to (Reventaba de ganas de reír)

Answer 232

Crawling (on all fours) (Tuvimos que entrar a gatos)

Answer 233

To nod in agreement

Answer 234

To make faces

Answer 235

To pretend not to notice

Answer 236

To play the fool

Answer 237

To throw down the gaunlet

Answer 238

To cause trouble

Answer 239

To treat oneself

Answer 240

To be very talented at

Answer 241

To be sick of; to be fed up with

Answer 242

To break the ice

Answer 243

To sink one's teeth into something

Answer 244

To try to look tough

Answer 245

To shrug one's shoulders

Answer 246

When it comes right down to it; at the moment of truth

Answer 247

(Just about) any time now

Answer 248

To follow in someone's footsteps

Answer 249

To vanish into thin air

Answer 250

A round-trip ticket

Answer 251

To build castles in the air (To have big dreams that will never come true)

Answer 252

Equally (debemos tratarlos por igual

Answer 253

At the request of someone

Answer 254

The other way around

Answer 255

What nonesense

Answer 256

To butter up

Answer 257

To put one's hands on one's hips

Answer 258

To not know a thing about

Answer 259

To be on to someone; to see through someone

Answer 260

Not to be a laughing matter

Answer 261

To play a dirty trick on someone

Answer 262

To play dirty

Answer 263

To have it in for someone

Answer 264

To bite one's tongue

Answer 265

To not utter a word

Answer 266

To make a future for oneself

Answer 267

To get up on the wrong side of the bed

Answer 268

To put aside

Answer 269

To fight back tears

Answer 270

In the long run

Answer 271

To set a trap

Answer 272

To find fault

Answer 273

To be very sharp; to be on one's game

Answer 274

To stick out one's tongue

Answer 275

To get tongue-tied

Answer 276

Things happen when you least expect them

Answer 277

To keep one's figure; to keep one's weight

Answer 278

To read between lines

Answer 279

To go ahead with

Answer 280

To toss someone to the wolves

Answer 281

Everyone does his own thing

Answer 282

On the back of...

Answer 283

To be a chip off the old block

Answer 284

To lose self-control

Answer 285

From bad to worse

Answer 286

To fall into the hands of

Answer 287

Let's get to work

Answer 288

To have one's hands tied

Answer 289

At full speed

Answer 290

To get underway

Answer 291

half... (Él dejó la puerta a media cerrada)

Answer 292

To get what's coming to one

Answer 293

To clear the table

Answer 294

To set the table

Answer 295

To be on the lookout

Answer 296

To go out of style

Answer 297

The coast isn't clear

Answer 298

To be very sophisticated

Answer 299

Right under one's nose

Answer 300

To be nobody

Answer 301

Better half

Answer 302

To burn one's bridges

Answer 303

To have a rough time

Answer 304

To play hooky

Answer 305

To be daydreaming

Answer 306

To get a lump in one's throat

Answer 307

Under construction

Answer 308

Second hand

Answer 309

Hard of hearing

Answer 310

Two heads are better than one

Answer 311

To roll one's eyes

Answer 312

To smell like

Answer 313

To be trendy

Answer 314

To be high on drugs

Answer 315

To be behind the times

Answer 316

Second-rate

Answer 317

On the other hand

Answer 318

To kill two birds with one stone

Answer 319

To be an odd person

Answer 320

To cut someone off

Answer 321

To address

Answer 322

A blabbermouth

Answer 323

To take one at one's word

Answer 324

Its his funeral

Answer 325

To have a heart of gold

Answer 326

To sell like hotcakes

Answer 327

To wear the pants

Answer 328

To belly flop

Answer 329

In one's underwear

Answer 330

To play the role of

Answer 331

To look like

Answer 332

To digress

Answer 333

To have a little chat

Answer 334

To throw dice

Answer 335

To take sides

Answer 336

To play a mean trick on someone

Answer 337

To be too smart for one's own good

Answer 338

At a snail's pace

Answer 339

At every turn

Answer 340

To speed up

Answer 341

To block the way

Answer 342

To go nowhere

Answer 343

To follow in someone's footsteps

Answer 344

To retrace one's steps

Answer 345

To take after one's

Answer 346

To put one's foot in one's mouth

Answer 347

To throw someone out

Answer 348

To be in danger

Answer 349

To save someone's own skin

Answer 350

To ride bareback

Answer 351

To be nobody's fool

Answer 352

To have one's hair stand on end

Answer 353

That is out of the question

Answer 354

No buts about it

Answer 355

To burn the midnight oil

Answer 356

At the bottom of the page

Answer 357

To land on one's feet

Answer 358

To get off to a good start

Answer 359

To go on foot

Answer 360

The ground floor

Answer 361

To leave in the lurch

Answer 362

In the long run

Answer 363

To be in one's hands

Answer 364

To set out after; to pursue

Answer 365

To win the grand prize

Answer 366

Better safe than sorry

Answer 367

First rate (Este hotel es de primera)

Answer 368

By the way

Answer 369

To profit from

Answer 370

waterproof (soundproof)

Answer 371

To put to the test

Answer 372

Behind closed doors

Answer 373

To be short tempered

Answer 374

With a steady hand

Answer 375

To arm wrestle

Answer 376

All dressed up

Answer 377

To sharpen (Saca a punta al lapiz)

Answer 378

Sharp; on the dot

Answer 379

To be a stab in the back

Answer 380

On one's own

Answer 381

To go whoring around

Answer 382

To make look ridiculous

Answer 383

Where there is a will there is a way

Answer 384

Look who's talking

Answer 385

Out of the corner of one's eye

Answer 386

With one's tail between one's legs

Answer 387

To beat around the bush

Answer 388

In one's spare time

Answer 389

Glimmer of hope

Answer 390

To taste awful

Answer 391

To side with

Answer 392

To fall into a trap

Answer 393

To rub something in

Answer 394

To go like clockwork

Answer 395

To hold a grudge against someone

Answer 396

To read between the lines

Answer 397

As far as ... is concerned

Answer 398

To laugh until one cries

Answer 399

To run smoothly

Answer 400

To be noisy

Answer 401

To taste like

Answer 402

To turn out to be (Salió conservador)

Answer 403

To cost a lot

Answer 404

To one's way

Answer 405

To waste one's breath

Answer 406

Every man for himself

Answer 407

To raise hell

Answer 408

In cold blood

Answer 409

Safe and sound

Answer 410

To make one thirsty

Answer 411

One way (Esta calle es de un solo sentido )

Answer 412

Common sense

Answer 413

Every other

Answer 414

To put someone in his place

Answer 415

To set the record straight

Answer 416

Doesn't ring a bell

Answer 417

To sound like

Answer 418

To be in a good mood

Answer 419

To be up to date on

Answer 420

To be an box-office success

Answer 421

To kill time

Answer 422

To miss the mark

Answer 423

To be homesick

Answer 424

Without rhyme or reason

Answer 425

To revolve around

Answer 426

To show signs of

Answer 427

To stick to one's guns

Answer 428

One after another

Answer 429

To show one's claws

Answer 430

Practice makes perfect

Answer 431

Better late than never

Answer 432

To sell at retail

Answer 433

To turn up

Answer 434

To make one's life miserable

Answer 435

Near sighted

Answer 436

To be in sight

Answer 437

To look up

Answer 438

To glance at; to take a look at

Answer 439

To turn halfway around

Answer 440

To trip someone

Answer 441

Big headed

Answer 442

Big butted woman

Answer 443

Pot-bellied

Answer 444

Chubby; tubby

Answer 445

A real turn on

Answer 446

It turns me on

Answer 447

What a bummer

Answer 448

It costs an arm and a leg

Answer 449

Don't be a drag

Answer 450

To be screwed

Answer 451

Cheap; poorly made

Answer 452

To be totally poor; in the poor house

Answer 453

Give me a break

Answer 454

Piece of junk

Answer 455

Cut the crap

Answer 456

Expression that someone might use to say that someone thinks of themselves as a big deal

Answer 457

Is an auction; but slang for "all the way." "Un loco de remate"

Answer 458

Total; die hard; all the way. Soy Mexicano de hueso colorado

Answer 459

Who is the wise guy

Answer 460

You're kidding...

Answer 461

What a hoot

Answer 462

You fell for it

Answer 463

A saucy guy, a needler or joker

Answer 464

Racy humor or song lyrics

Answer 465

What a hoot

Answer 466

Bar bouncer; hit man; or goon

Answer 467

To mess with me/us

Answer 468

Go to hell

Answer 469

A dirty trick

Answer 470

Don't bug me

Answer 471

Something else Esta banda es otra onda - this band is something else

Answer 472

Brown noser

Answer 473

Butt licker

Answer 474

No big deal; don't seat it

Answer 475

Crappy; lousy This can be used as an adjective in MX but is seldom done

Answer 476

Way (California style) Ella es reloca; Un día rebuena

Answer 477

Is like a very drunken event

Answer 478

Drink some brewskies

Answer 479

Queens; aces; kings; jacks (face cards)

Answer 480

four of a kind

Answer 481

Full house

Answer 482

Poker chips

Answer 483

Pool; billiards

Answer 484

Bowling alley

Answer 485

Right on bro

Answer 486

Bratty kid

Answer 487

Preppy or yuppy youths

Answer 488

Bugs Bunny

Answer 489

The Flintstones

Answer 490

Donald Duck

Answer 491

Daffy Duck

Answer 492

Your mama!

Answer 493

Naive -- a hick or chump

Answer 494

Quarrelsome person

Answer 495

Nicaraguan

Answer 496

Costa Rican

Answer 497

Refers to someone from Asia of China

Answer 498

Racial slur for indians in MX

Answer 499

To menstruate

Answer 500

A spanking

Answer 501

Getting it on; Checking her oil

Answer 502

Meaning to jack off

Answer 503

Trophy wife

Answer 504

Sugar daddy

Answer 505

Prince charming

Answer 506

Pot (cannibis)

Answer 507

Drug trafficker

Answer 508

Coming soon (movie)

Answer 509

Dois metros de altura Dos metros de altura

Answer 510

Dois metros de comprimento Dos metros de largo

Answer 511

Dois metros do... Dos metros de...

Answer 512

Dois metros de espessura Dos metros de grosor

Answer 513

Dois metros de largura Dos metros de ancho

Answer 514

A cara do pai De tal palo tal astilla

Answer 515

O amigo se conhece na hora do aperto Amigo en la adversidad es un amigo de verdad

Answer 516

Venir como anillo al dedo

Answer 517

Corrida contra o relógio Carrera contra el reloj

Answer 518

Provar o próprio veneno/remédio Estar probando su propia medicina

Answer 519

Não seja infantil No actúes como niño

Answer 520

As acções valem mais do que as palavras No el lo mismo decirlo que hacerlo La ley entra por la casa

Answer 521

Após a tempestade vem a bonança Después de la tormenta, siempre llega la calma

Answer 522

Todas as coisas boas vêm no final Lo bueno dura poco

Answer 523

Há sempre lugar para mais um Donde comen dos, comen tres

Answer 524

Impressionante Impresionante

Answer 525

Olho por olho Ojo por ojo, diente por diente

Answer 526

Tão logo eu possa Lo más pronto que pueda

Answer 527

Tão teimoso Es más terco que

Answer 528

Ser feio para diabo Es más feo que un caso de drogas

Answer 529

Em cima da hora En el ultimo momento

Answer 530

Más vale tierra en cuerpo que cuerpo en tierra

Answer 531

Sei lá No tengo ninguna idea

Answer 532

Seguro morreu de velho Más vale prevenir que lamentar

Answer 533

Entre a espada e a parede Entre la espada y la pared

Answer 534

Fazer mais do que consegue Quedarse sin el plato y la comida Quedarse sin la soga y sin la cabra

Answer 535

Negócios em primeiro lugar El deber antes que el placer

Answer 536

Por um triz Por un estrecho margen

Answer 537

Não pode agradar a todos Nunca llueve a gusto de todos No puede complacer a todos

Answer 538

Chamar minha atenção Llamar mi atención

Answer 539

Sem noção Estar más perdido que un juey bizco

Answer 540

Ir direto ao assunto Ir al grano

Answer 541

Faça como eu digo e não como eu faço Haz lo que yo diga, pero no como yo haga

Answer 542

Não ponha palavras na boca No hables por boca ajena

Answer 543

Do you have any money

Answer 544

Não seja uma chatice No seas gacho

Answer 545

Não seja imbécil No hagas tonterías

Answer 546

Não conte com os ovos antes de a galinha botar No cantes victoria antes de tiempo

Answer 547

Não desista No te rindas

Answer 548

Não mexa comigo No te metas conmigo

Answer 549

Não desforre em mim No la tomes conmigo

Answer 550

Não leves ao pé de letra No te lo tomes al pie de la letra

Answer 551

Não perca tempo No pierdas el tiempo

Answer 552

Tudo vai dar certo Todo va a salir bien

Answer 553

Com licença Permiso

Answer 554

Para a sua idade Para su edad

Answer 555

Para mim, tanto faz Para mi, lo que sea

Answer 556

Afaste-te de mim/cai fora Andate/largate

Answer 557

Dá um tempo/folga Dejame en paz/púchicas

Answer 558

Vai pentear macacos Vete a la mierda

Answer 559

Sabes da última

Answer 560

Calma ai Esperate

Answer 561

Puxa vida Caramba

Answer 562

Mudei de idéia Cambie de idea

Answer 563

Foi sem querer No lo dije serio

Answer 564

Apresse-se/vai embora Apurate

Answer 565

Duvido disso Lo dudo

Answer 566

Detesto Lo odio

Answer 567

Fale serio En serio

Answer 568

Estou com saudades Te extraño

Answer 569

Quase morri de rir Casi me mori de la risa

Answer 570

Dormi como uma pedra Me quedé dormido

Answer 571

Me fiz de Miguel Me hice el tonto

Answer 572

Lembro vagamente recuerdo vagamente

Answer 573

Eu só estava brincando Solo estaba bromeando

Answer 574

Quem me deva Ojala pudiera

Answer 575

Vou recompensá-lo Te recompensaré

Answer 576

I'm hungover

Answer 577

Não estou disposto No estoy de humor para...

Answer 578

Estou de regime Estoy de dieta

Answer 579

Estou destreinado Estoy fuera de práctica

Answer 580

Estou molhado com um pinto Estoy empapado como sopa

Answer 581

Estou doente Me siento de la patada

Answer 582

Estou chateado Estoy molesto

Answer 583

Em plena luz do dia En pleno día

Answer 584

Em estado grave En estado crítico

Answer 585

En um piscar de olhos En un abrir y cerrar de ojos

Answer 586

Tudo vai pelo ralo Todo se va por el desagüe

Answer 587

Custa os olhos da cara Cuesta un barbaridad

Answer 588

Näo faz mal No importa

Answer 589

É suficiente Basta con...

Answer 590

É o que parece Así parece

Answer 591

Faz sentido Tiene sentido

Answer 592

Está no sangue Viene de familia

Answer 593

Quando um não quer, dois não brigam Hace falta dos para pelearse

Answer 594

Me aquece/me excita Me prende

Answer 595

Vai ser fogo Será dificil

Answer 596

Está combinado Trato hecho

Answer 597

É tempo perdido No vale la pena/Es una perdida de tiempo

Answer 598

É uma delicia Es delicioso

Answer 599

É bem dificíl Es un rato dificíl

Answer 600

É péssimo Es muy grave

Answer 601

Já é tempo Ya era hora

Answer 602

Está fora de moda Pasa de moda

Answer 603

Fique calmo/a - Calma Calmate

Answer 604

Fique com o troco Quédate con el cambio

Answer 605

Não perca a cabeça No pierdas los estribos

Answer 606

Fale baixo Mantenga el tono de voz bajo

Answer 607

Saber de cor Saberse de memoria

Answer 608

Larga-me/solta-me Sueltame

Answer 609

Deixe-me ver Déjeme ver

Answer 610

Por hoje chega Se acabo lo que se daba

Answer 611

Não compliquemos as coisas No compliques las cosas

Answer 612

Tal pai, tal filho De tal palo tal astilla

Answer 613

Olhar antes de saltar Antes que te cases, mira lo que haces

Answer 614

Sorte minha Por suerte para mi

Answer 615

Eu posso experimentar Yo puedo probarlo

Answer 616

Nove entre dez Nueve de cada diez

Answer 617

Não adianta discutir No vale la pena discutir

Answer 618

Não adianta chorar Lo hecho, hecho está

Answer 619

De jeito nenhum No mames

Answer 620

Not in your wildest dreams

Answer 621

Not the sharpest tool in the box

Answer 622

Pois sim Ah, sí

Answer 623

Em jejum Con el estómago