to reject (romantically); to flunk | ||
to slam the door in one's face (literally and figuratively) | ||
to pull the wool over someone's eyes (deceive) | ||
to brown nose/kiss up to someone | ||
to bother, annoy | ||
to consider oneself lucky | ||
to place the blame somewhere else, to sidetrack | ||
to seduce, capture | ||
to trap | ||
to add fuel to the fire | ||
to give something to a person that she/he can't/doesn't appreciate | ||
to insult, swear | ||
to give someone a helping hand | ||
to lend a hand/help out | ||
to beg | ||
to be there even in difficult circumstances when others have given up | ||
to be in seventh heaven/on cloud nine | ||
to be in a period of wealth/poverty | ||
to be in the clouds, daydreaming | ||
to be at home/comfortable | ||
to be between two extremes, to feel trapped between two horrible options | ||
to be between a rock and a hard place | ||
to be undecided | ||
to have the ball in your court, awaiting your decision | ||
to get to the point; to go to the heart of the matter | ||
to go all day long, non-stop | ||
to have high expectations that are not fulfilled | ||
to run smoothly | ||
to be cruising right along | ||
to let the cat out of the bag | ||
to go off on a tangent, avoid answering a question | ||
to space out, lose track of what one was doing/saying | ||
to lose one's head, to "lose it" | ||
to get something easily | ||
to hit a raw nerve | ||
to swear by someone or something | ||
to make jealous | ||
to gorge oneself on food | ||
to stuff yourself, overindulge |
idiomatic expressions - espanol al ingles - dar - ponerse
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