USEFUL ADVANCED ENGLISH IDIOMS
IDIOM TRADUCCIÓN
Turn a blind eye to something
Drag someone’s feet on
something
Facts speak for themselves
The tip of the iceberg
Draw the line
Hit rock bottom
There is a fine line
Not all that glitters is gold
It’s on the tip of my tongue
To be in someone’s shoes
Take it up a notch
It is getting ouf of hand
Go hand in hand together
A win-win situation
To grab the bull by the horns
Speak volumes
It is not rocket science
I’ve gone blank
Take something with a pinch
of salt
Brush things off
Not everything is black or
white
Give the green light
SUSTITUTO NIVEL FORMAL
Hacer la vista gorda
Dormirse en los laureles
Los hechos hablan por sí
mismos
La punta del iceberg
Poner un límite
Tocar fondo
Una cosa es… y otra muy
distinta…
No es oro todo lo que
reluce
Lo tengo en la punta de la
lengua (solo en oral)
Estar en el lugar de alguien
Llevar las cosas al siguiente
nivel
Se nos está yendo de las
manos
Va mano a mano
Situación en la que todos
salen ganando
Armarnos de valor
Algo habla por sí mismo
No es difícil
Me he quedado en blanco
(examen oral)
No creer algo del todo
Restar importancia
Las cosas no son siempre
balnco o negro
Dar luz verde a algo
Overlook something
Procrastinate
Statistics show that it is quite
the opposite
A small part of the matter
Set the line
Hit a new look
It is one thing to… but quite
another to…
Not all is as it seems
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Were I you/Had I been you
(condicionales invertidos)
Take it a step further
It is becoming unmanageable
Be closely related
Mutually profitable
Face/address/endure
Its self-evident facts
It is not hard to apprehend
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Be suspicious of
Downplay things
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