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PD año 1 idiomatics

DP Spanish year 1 idiomatic expressions vocab

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A duras penas scarcely, barely, with great difficulty
A fin de cuentas when all is said and done
A menudo often
a propósito on purpose
a solos one on one; alone; apart
Al aire libre outside
Al fin y al cabo when all is said and done
Al mal tiempo buena cara if life gives you lemons, make lemonade
Al revés backwards, upside down
Bailar al son que toca(n) to go with the flow
Bicho raro odd specimen, to not fit in
Caerle bien/mal to get along
Como si fuera poco as if it weren't enough
Con pelos y señales in all detail
Contra viento y marea through thick and thin, against all odds
Costar un ojo de la cara to cost an arm and a leg
Dar algo por bueno to approve of
Dar en el blanco to hit the mark
Dar la luz to give birth
Dar la vuelta a la tortilla to turn the tables
Darse por vencido to give up
Darse prisa to hurry up
De buenas a primeras unexpectedly, suddenly, without notice
De golpe all at once
De una vez por todas once and for all
Dejar en paz a alguien to leave somebody alone
Dejar plantado a alguien to fail to show up for an appointment leaving the person waiting
Echar leña al fuego to add fuel to the fire
Echar una mano to lend a hand, to help
Echar/tirar la casa por la ventana to throw money down the drain, to roll out the red carpet
En menos que canta un gallo in an instant
Entre la espada y la pared trapped in a delicate situation, between the Devil and the deep blue sea
Estar de buenas to be in a good mood
Estar enchufado to have connections
Hacerse de la vista gorda to turn a blind eye
Hacerse el oído sordo to turn a deaf ear
Ir de mal en peor to go from bad to worse
Matar dos pájaros de un tiro to kill two birds with one stone
Mover cielo y tierra to move heaven and earth, to leave no stone unturned, to go to great lengths in pursuit of a goal
Nadar/ir contra la corriente to swim against the tide, to go against the grain, to exert oneself in a direction opposite to that of the crowd, to go against the grain
Ni carne ni pescado neither fish nor foul, something ambiguous or indefinite
Ni chicha ni limonada neither fish nor foul, something indefinite and unclassifiable and therefore of scarce value.
Ni en pintura not at all
No dar su brazo a torcer to not let one´s arm be twisted
No pegar un ojo to not sleep a wink, to not be able to sleep during the whole night
Oveja negra black sheep, black sheep of the family, a person who stands out in a family or group of people due to negative qualities.
Pasar lo bomba to have a good time
Poner las cartas sobre la mesa to lay one's cards on the table; to be totally open, truthful and sincere without holding anything back
Poner la mano en el fuego por alguien to put one's hands in the fire for somebody, to stick one´s neck out for somebody
Recoger el guante to pick up the gauntlet, to accept a challenge
Ser pan comido to be as good as done, very easy, a piece of cake
Tal por cual such and such (
Tener en cuenta to take into acccount, to take into consideration, to bear in mind
Tener en mente to keep in mind, to have in mind
Tener pájaros en la cabeza to have your head in the clouds
Tener razón to be right
Tener/estar de mala leche to be in a bad mood
Tomar a pecho to take to heart
Una tormenta en un vaso de agua a storm in a teacup, a tempest in a teapot
Valer la pena to be worth it
Valer su peso en oro o be worth its weight in gold, to be extremely valuable
Zapatero a tus zapatos let the cobbler stick to his last, stick to what you know
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