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Modismos comunes que debemos tratar de aprender:
Idiom: A buen hambre no hay pan duro. Literal: For good hunger there is no hard bread. English: Anything tastes good when you're hungry.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: A donde fueres haz lo que vieres. Literal: Wherever you go, do what you see. English: When in Rome do as the Romans do.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: A otro perro con ese hueso. Literal: To another dog with that bone. English: You're pulling my leg.
---------------------------------------------------------------------Idiom: Ahora que hay modo. Literal: Now that there is a way or mood. English: Make hay while the sun shines.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Al hierro caliente batir de repente. Literal: Beat the hot iron at once. English: Strike while the iron's hot.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Antes que te cases mira lo que haces. Literal: Before you marry look what you do. English: Look before you leap.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Beben agua en el mismo jarrito. Literal: They drink water from the same little jug. English: They're as thick as thieves.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Cada quien tiene su manera de matar pulgas. Literal: Each has his way to kill fleas. English: There's more than one way to skin a cat.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Cada perico a su estaca, cada changa a su mecate. Literal: Each parrot on its perch, each monkey on its rope. English: To each his own.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Caras vemos, corazones no sabemos. Literal: Faces we see, hearts we don't know. English: You can't judge a book by its cover.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Claro como el agua de Xochimilco Literal: Clear as the water of Xochimilco English: Clear as mud.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Comer frijoles y repetir pollo. Literal: To eat beans and belch chicken English: His bark is mightier than his bite.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Beben agua en el mismo jarrito. Literal: They drink water from the same little jug. English: They're as thick as thieves.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Como el burro que tocó la flauta Literal: Like the burro that played the flute English: By a stroke of luck
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Como quitarle un pelo a un gato Literal: Like the shedding of the hair of a cat English: Like a drop in the bucket
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Con estos bueyes hay que arar. Literal: With these burros one must plough. English: One must make do with what one has.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente. Literal: The shrimp that falls asleep, the current carries it away. English: You snooze, you lose.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: De tal palo, tal astilla. Literal: From such a log such chips. English: A chip off the old block
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Dar la suave a uno Literal: To give the smooth to someone English: To polish the apple
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Darle un beso a la botella. Literal: To give the bottle a kiss English: To take a swig
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: De la subida más alta es la caída más lastimosa. Literal: Of the highest rise, the shortest fall. English: The bigger they are the harder they fall.
------------------------------------------------------------------ Idiom: Desnudar un santo para vestir otro Literal: To stip on saint bare to clothe another English: To rob Peter to pay Paul
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Después de atole Literal: After the atole (corn meal drink) English: Hindsight is better that foresight.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: El agua es para los bueyes, el vino para los hombres. Literal: Water is for oxen, wine is for men. English: Let the fish drink water.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: El campo fértil no descansado, tórnase estéril. Literal: The unrested fertile field turns sterile. English: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: El perico dice lo que sabe, pero no sabe lo que dice. Literal: The parrot says what he knows , but does'nt know what he says. English: To learn something parrot fashion.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: En caliente y de repente Literal: In heat and suddenly English: Strike while the iron's hot.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: En casa del herrero, cuchillo de palo. Literal: In the blacksmith's house, a wooden knife. English: In the blacksmith's house, a wooden knife.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: En casa del herrero, cuchillo de palo. Literal: In the blacksmith's house, a wooden knife. English: The blacksmith's mare and the shoemaker's children are the worst shod.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: En menos que canta un gallo Literal: In less time than the rooster crows English: In the shake of a lamb's tail
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Entrada de caballo y salida de burro Literal: Enter on horseback, exit on a burro English: To go off with a bang and out like a light
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Es como llevar piedras al cerro. Literal: It's like carrying coles to the hill. English: Like carrying coals to Newcastle
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Eso es harina de otro costal. Literal: That's flour from another sack. English: That's a different story.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Estar como perro en barrio ajeno Literal: To be like a dog in a neighbor's yard English: To feel like a fish out of water
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: El hijo de la gato, ratones mata. Literal: The son of a cat kills mice. English: Like father like son.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Está pensando en las musarañas. Literal: He or she is thinking about the creepy-crawlies. English: He or she is daydreaming.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Falta lo mero bueno. Literal: The true good is lacking. English: We are not out of the woods yet.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Gato escaldado del agua fria huye. Literal: The scalded cat flees cold water. English: Once bitten twice shy
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Hacer lo que otro no puede hacer por uno Literal: To do what no other can do for one English: To go powder one's nose
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Haz bien y no mires a quien. Literal: Do right and do not look at others. English: Mind your own business.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: La carne de burro no es transparente. Literal: The flesh of the burro is not transparent. English: I can't see through you.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Le patina el coco. Literal: His coconut (head) slips. English: He has a screw loose.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Más loco que una cabra Literal: Crazier than a goat English: As mad as a hatter
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Más vale llegar a tiempo que en convidado Literal: Better to arrive on time than to be invited English: First come, first served
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando. Literal: A bird in the hand is worth more than a hundred flying. English: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Meter la cuchara Literal: To put the spoon in English: To stick one's oar in
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Meterse entre las patas de los caballos Literal: To put oneself amidst the horses feet English: To get out of one's depth
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Mientras que en mi casa estoy, rey soy. Literal: While in my house, I am king. English: A man's house is his castle.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: No hay nada tan atrevido como le ignorancia. Literal: There is nothing more bold than ignorance. English: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Otro gallo nos cantará. Literal: Another (different) rooster will sing for us. English: That's a horse of a different color.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Por un pelito de rana Literal: By a little hair of the frog English: It was a close shave.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Prietitos del mismo arroz. Literal: The little black one's of the same rice. English: It's all in a day's work.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Quedarse como el que chiflóen la loma Literal: To remain like the one who whistled on the hill English: To be left holding the bag
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Quedarse con un pie en el estribo Literal: To remain with a foot in the stirup English: To be left standing
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Saberlo de buena fuente Literal: To know it from a good source English: To hear it straight from the horse's mouth
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Sacarse el gordo Literal: To draw the fat one English: To hit the jackpot
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Ser más listo que un coyote Literal: To be more ready (alert) than a coyote English: As sharp as a tack
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Si esta víbora te pica, no hay remedio en la botica. Literal: If this snake bites you, there's no remedy in the pharmacy. English: You're playing with fire.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Si mi tia tuviera ruedas, sería una bicicleta. Literal: If my aunt had wheels she would be a bicycle. English: If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Tener más lana que un borrego Literal: To have more wool than a lamb English: To have money to burn
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Vivito y coleando Literal: Alive and wagging tail English: Alive and kicking
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Yo pregunto si la manteca es unto. Literal: I asked if the butter is grease. English: I didn't beat around the bush.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Yo te conozco bacalao, aunque vengas disfrazado. Literal: I know you codfish, even though you wear a disguise. English: I know your game.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idiom: Yo tengo una tía que toca la guitarra. Literal: I have an aunt who plays the guitar. English: What does that have to do with the price of eggs in China?
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