Gemma: | Hace unos días que pienso en una expresión nueva para contártela hoy, Rylan. |
Rylan: | ¡Anda, no exageres! Pero si tú usas expresiones a cada momento. ¿Cómo es posible que lleves días pensando en una expresión para contárnosla hoy? |
Gemma: | Pues así es…y después de comerme el coco durante varios días, pensé eso mismo que me has dicho tú. Me dije: ¡yo uso expresiones continuamente! |
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Through thick and thin
¡Contigo pan y cebolla!
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To wear the pants, have the last say
Cortar el bacalao
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To tell someone to get lost
Mandar a freír espárragos
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To be a piece of cake
Ser pan comido
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To have a heart of gold
Ser un trozo de pan
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To beat yourself up
Comerse el coco
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To play by the book
El agua clara y el chocolate espeso
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To pass the hot potato
Pasar la patata caliente
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With your hands in the cookie jar
Con las manos en la masa
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To not give a damn
Importar un pepino
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To be really old
Ser del año de la pera
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To be at an awkward age
La edad del pavo
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Half a loaf is better than none
A falta de pan, buenas son tortas
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Don't bite off more than you can chew
Quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta
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It's the same everywhere
¡Aquí se cuecen habas!
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To turn as red as a beet
¡Ponerse rojo/a como un tomate!
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To have your cake and eat it too
Pedir el oro y el moro
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To stick out like a sore thumb
Cantar como una almeja
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To tighten your belt
Apretarse el cinturón
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To be the apple of your eye
Ser la niña de sus ojos
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To be stuffed
Ponerse morado