Idioms

To be as strong as a bull (ox)

Ser tan fuerte como un toro

To be as happy as a worm (lark)

Ser tan feliz como una lombriz

To be as boring as a duck (a terrible bore)

Ser tan aburrido como un pato

To be as noble as a dog (lion)

Ser tan noble como un perro

To be as good as an (a) angel (saint)

Ser tan bueno como un ángel

It costs an eye from your face (an arm and a leg)

Cuesta un ojo de la cara

To take the hair (pull someone's leg)

Tomar el pelo

To be bread eaten (a piece of cake)

Ser pan comido

To be like a goat (a little crazy)

Estar como una cabra

To not have hairs on your tongue (tell it like it is)

No tener pelos en la lengua

To throw the house through the window (spare no expense)

Tirar la casa por la ventana

To be made a chili (really angry)

Estar hecho un ají

To start the house by the roof (put the cart before the horse)

Empezar la casa por el tejado

To be healthier than a pear (fit as a fiddle)

Estar más sano que una pera

To be fingernail and flesh (inseparable)

Ser uña y carne

To have more wool than a lamb (be wealthy)

Tener más lana que un borrego

To throw water into the sea (put a drop in the bucket)

Echar agua al mar

Until the tail, it is all bull (I'll believe it when I see it)

Hasta el rabo, todo es toro

To ask the elm tree for pears (for the impossible)

Pedir peras al olmo

To not know a potato about something (have no clue)

No saber ni papa de algo

To make a heart out of your guts (pluck up the courage)

Hacer de tripas corazón

To enjoy yourself like a dwarf (have a blast)

Disfrutar como un enano