idioms

& their Spanish

equivalent
Let´s talk about idioms
The funniest way to
approach culture!
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IDIOMS
Learning idiomatic expressions is a very
necessary and important part of the
language learning process
Idioms help us say many things with
just a few words.
They help us enrich our language, they
are nicer to listen to and make the
conversation less monotonous and more
funny
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What is the English for…?

El que se quema
con leche ve una ONCE
vaca y llora
BITTEN,
TWICE
SHY
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What is the English for…?

Me pone los
nervios de punta TO GET ON
MY
NERVES
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What is the English for…?

La gota que
rebalsó el vaso THE LAST
STRAW
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What is the English for…?

Entre la espada y
BETWEEN
la pared THE
DEVIL
AND THE
DEEP
BLUE SEA
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What is the English for…?

Esta forrado en
plata TO BE
ROLLING
IN IT
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What is the English for…?

Es un dolor de
cabeza A PAIN
ON THE
NECK
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What is the English for…?

Llegar a fin de
mes
TO MAKE
ENDS
MEET
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What is the English for…?

Habla hasta por TO TALK

los codos
THE HIND
LEGS OFF
A DONKEY
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What is the English for…?

No te deja meter
bocado TO LET YOU
PUT A
WORD IN
EDGEWAYS
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What is the English for…?

Mate dos pajaros

de un tiro TO KILL
TWO BIRDS
WITH A
STONE
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What is the English for…?

No tiene donde
caerse muerto
DOESN´T
HAVE A
PENNY TO
HIS NAME
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What is the English for…?

Me cayó como
balde de agua fria IT
KNOCKED
ME FOR
SIX
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What is the English for…?

La tercera es la
vencida THIRD
TIME
LUCKY
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What is the English for…?

THE
No le llega el
agua al tanque LIGHTS
ARE ON
BUT
He is not all there
NOBODY
He is not the sharpest pencil in IS HOME
the box.
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What is the English for…?

Estirar la pata TO KICK

THE
BUCKET
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What is the English for…?

Cada muerte de
obispo ONCE IN
A BLUE
MOON
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What is the English for…?

HACER LA VISTA
GORDA
TO TURN A
BLIND
EYE TO
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What is the English for…?

ME ESTA TOMANDO TO BE
EL PELO
PULLING
MY LEG
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What is the English for…?

Me costo un ojo IT COST

de la cara
AN ARM
AND A
LEG
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What is the English for…?

A CABALLO REGALADO
NO SE LE MIRAN LOS DON´T LOOK
DIENTES A GIFT
HORSE IN
THE MOUTH
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Thanks!