Esta semana vamos a hablar de expresiones populares españoles que tienen un protagonista muy simpático, el mono. Este gracioso animal es el personaje principal de las seis expresiones que vamos a ver en la lección de hoy. Para cada una de estas expresiones, vamos a explicar su significado, dar ejemplos para comprenderlas mejor y daremos un equivalente de la misma en inglés.
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To have a bad temper
Tener Malas Pulgas
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To go all out, pull out all the stops
Tirar la casa por la ventana
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To go bonkers, to lose it
Irse la olla
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To tell someone to get lost
Mandar a freír espárragos
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To have a screw loose, off your rocker
Faltar un tornillo
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Just in case
Por si las moscas
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To be worth it
Valer la pena
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Better safe than sorry
Más vale prevenir que curar
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To ask for the impossible
Pedir la luna
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When in Rome...
Donde fueres, haz lo que vieres
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To kill two birds with one stone
Matar dos pájaros de un tiro
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To be out in the sticks
Irse al quinto pino
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Expressions with
Expresiones con el mono
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To be in your element
Sentirse como pez en el agua
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To doze off
Quedarse Frito
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To be worn out
Estar hecho polvo
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By rule of thumb
A ojo de buen cubero
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For the sake of it
Por amor al arte
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To knock on wood
Tocar madera
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To be climbing the walls
Subirse por las paredes
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When it rains, it pours
A perro flaco, todo son pulgas
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Cool!
¡Qué guay!
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Literally
Al pie de la letra
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The central issue
Caballo de batalla
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To not sleep a wink
Pasar la noche en blanco / Pasar la noche en vela