Expresiones Idiomaticas de Unidades 1 - 6 (no 5)

Hablar a viva voz

To speak with a lively voice/outspoken person

Manos a la obra

Everybody lets go to work

Aburrirse como una ostra

To be super bored

Traer a colación

To bring to the table/discussion/highlight a point

Contra viento y marea

Against all odds

Amor con hambre no dura… y si dura, no perdura

First things first

¿Cómo están? Vivo/a/s y coleando

How are you? Alive and kicking

Es pan comido

It’s eaten bread - piece of cake

Echar un ojo/ echar un vistazo

Have a quick look

A vuelo de pájaro

Bird’s flight - aka to do something quickly/tell me quickly w/o detail

Más claro no canta un gallo

Nobody sings clearer than a rooster - to make a point super clear

No importar un pepino/un rábano (me importa un pepino rábano) rábano = radish

I don’t care about a cucumber/i care about a radish - don’t give at all (idgaf)

No tener ni pies ni cabeza

Don’t have feet or a head - doesn’t make any sense/nonsense

Meter la pata

To stick your foot in something - to mess up badly

No pegar un ojo

You don’t stick one single eye - I didn’t sleep a wink/ To not sleep at all all night (insomnia)

No tener pelos en la lengua

I don’t have hair in my tongue - too straightforward/blunt, almost mean

Encontrar tu media naranja

To find your soulmate

Ser una mosca muerta

Being sneaky

Morirse de la risa

To die of laughter - laugh out loud/ laugh your head off (LOL)

Morirse del hambre

To die of hunger - to be starving

Hablar hasta por los codos

Someone who speaks through the elbows - someone who talks a lot (ie. Profe Romay)

Tomar el pelo

To pull your hair - to tease someone.

Tirar la casa por la ventana

To tear the house by the window - to overspend/ throw a lavish party

Ser uña y carne

To be a nail flesh - to be super close to someone/ inseparable

Llover sobre mojado

Rain over wet - You're being repetitive

Más loco que una cabra

Crazier than a goat - You are crazy! Nuts!

Ver todo color de rosa

To see everything pink - to be super optimistic

Ser la gota que colma el vaso

to be the final straw that triggers a reaction or decision

Dejar plantado a X

to stand someone up

Echar una mano

throw a hand, help out

Salirse con la suya

to get away with something

Buscarle 5 patas al gato OR Buscarle 3 pies al gato

to overcomplicate things

Hacerse la vista gorda

to turn a blind eye, to overlook and ignore something