A world of images
IDIOM:
 You snooze, you lose
DEFINITIONS:
 You should always be
aware of everything
 Not being so easily
distracted
 If you are lazy to do
something, life will drag you
IDIOM:
 Let bygones be bygones
DEFINITIONS:
 Forget debts, mistakes and
anger and continue as if they
never existed
 Leave the past behind
EXAMPLES:
 —Hello, I'm back to buy the album, I already
thought about it and if I'm going to want it
—I just sold it 5 minutes ago, I told you it was the
last one I had left, you snooze, you lose.
 —Friend, Sofia already has a boyfriend, I wanted
her for me.
—Yes friend, but you never invited her out, you
snooze, you lose.
IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
Camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente
EXAMPLES:
 This job was a new start, let bygones be bygones,
 Tomorrow's a new day Let bygones be bygones, all
right?
IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
Borrón y cuenta nueva
 IDIOM:
Every cloud has a silver
lining
DEFINITIONS:
 Optimistic view of reality
 Something good can be
extracted from a setback
IDIOM:
There’s nothing so queer as folk
DEFINITIONS:
 It is used to indicate that, in
this world, there are people
of any condition and nature.
 To refer to unusual
situations, especially when
talking about people with
unusual habits
IDIOM:
 You can’t make a silk purse
out of a sow’s ear
DEFINITIONS:
 Is used to talk about the
importance of reflecting the
true essence of people
EXAMPLES:
 Nevertheless, every cloud has a silver lining. The
earthquakes seem to have destroyed houses on the
one hand and built bridges between Greece and
Turkey on the other.
 I know things look bad right now, but every cloud
has a silver lining.
IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
No hay mal que por bien no venga
EXAMPLES:
 Don't it seem strange to you that this happens,
There’s nothing so queer as folk
IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
De todo se ve en la viña del señor.
EXAMPLES:
 Stop trying to copy me, you can’t make a silk purse
out of a sow’s ear
 No matter how much you manage, You can’t make
a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda.
  There are things that, no
matter how much we try to
hide or disguise, they will
always remain as they are.
IDIOM:
 it’s no use crying over spilt
milk
DEFINITIONS:
 Refers to an irreversible
situation in which the
person has to bear the
consequences of their
decisions or actions
IDIOM:
It has been said that a bird in the
hand is worth two in the bush.
DEFINITIONS:
 Values everything that is
safe, in relation to the
insecure
EXAMPLES:
 - Friend I do not know what to do, I had a problem
with my sister and I spoke very ugly, I feel very bad!
-There is a friend because you only have to
apologize and learn to control yourself, remember,
it’s no use crying over spilt milk
IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
A lo hecho pecho.
EXAMPLES:
 Imagine two people who bought a lottery:
- Look, we have had a thousand euros!
+ Jo, how cool! What if we spend them on the
lottery again? We could get hundreds of thousands
of euros!
- No, no, no, these thousand euros come in
handy for many things, that a bird in the hand
is worth two in the Bush.
IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
Más vale pájaro en mano que cien volando.