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There's something fishy going on

Aquí hay gato encerrado

To have a bad temper

Tener Malas Pulgas

To cross the line

Meter la pata

Catch-22

El pez que se muerde la cola, el perro que se persigue la cola y otros círculos viciosos

Without a hitch

A pedir de boca

To tell someone to get lost

Mandar a freír espárragos

To wake up on the wrong side of the bed

Levantarse con el pie izquierdo

Haphazardly

A la buena de Dios

To beat yourself up

Comerse el coco

To hassle someone

Comer el coco

Desperate times call for desperate measures

A grandes males, grandes remedios

All hell breaks loose

¡Viva la Pepa!

To pass the hot potato

Pasar la patata caliente

A nonsensical discussion

Diálogo de besugos

To fight like cats and dogs

Llevarse como el perro y el gato

To backfire

Salir el tiro por la culata - Salir rana

The early bird doesn't always catch the worm

No por Mucho Madrugar, Amanece Más Temprano

To be a little devil

Ser de la piel de Barrabás

To oversleep

Pegárse las sábanas

To raise hell

Armarse la de San Quintín

Tuesday is an unlucky day

En martes, ni te cases ni te embarques

To send someone packing

Ir a tomar viento

In fits and starts

A trancas y barrancas

To be overwhelmed

Caerse la casa encima

To not get anything right

No dar pie con bola

To be a complete mess

Estar (todo) patas arriba

To be under the weather

No estar muy católico/a

To make a scene

Montar el número

To cross the line

Pasar(se) de la raya

To be in the doldrums

Estar de capa caída

To be a mess

Salir un churro

What a blunder!

¡Qué plancha!

To be left holding the bag

Cargar con el muerto

To be in big trouble

Caérsele el pelo (a alguien)

To make a mountain out of a molehill

Ahogarse en un vaso de agua

What a mess!

Cómo está el patio

To be a madhouse

Ser una olla de grillos

The scapegoat

Cabeza de turco

To be a snake in the grass

Ser una mosquita muerta

No worries, you'll find it!

Lo que no se comen los ratones, sale por los rincones

To get yourself into a mess

Meterse en un berenjenal

The cure is worse than the disease

Ser peor el remedio que la enfermedad

To be useless

Ser un cero a la izquierda

To backslide

Volver a las andadas

Tener Malas Pulgas

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The expression tener (muy) malas pulgas, literally to have bad fleas, is commonly used in Spanish to describe a person who is constantly in a bad mood, grumpy, resentful or that easily gets angered. An equivalent expression in English is to have a (very) bad temper. The origin of this expression is unclear, but it is easy to deduce that whoever has fleas is uncomfortable and not very happy about it, and fruit of popular imagination, soon became a common expression of the Spanish language.

Los niños colgaron la pelota en el jardín del hombre que tiene muy malas pulgas y ahora no se la quiere devolver.
The kids threw the ball in the yard of the man with the bad temper, and now he refuses to return it to them.

En el episodio de hoy discutiremos las malas pulgas de los famosos. Ayer, la famosa actriz discutió con un fotógrafo que le estaba retratando, y le rompió su cámara fotográfica.
In today's episode, we will discuss the bad mood of celebrities. Yesterday, the famous actress argued with a photographer that was taking a picture of her, and she broke his camera.

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