Fun idioms?

Question

Me gustaría aprender unos modismos en español. ¿Quieren compartir unos que ya saben? Hoy oí un modismo gracioso.
de mi cartera sólo salen mariposas = i'm broke.

Answer 1

tomarle el pelo a alguien= to pull someone's leg.
It doesn't make literal sense in either language!

Answer 2

I've heard another fun idiom using pulgas.

'Tiene muy malas pulgas'- He has a short temper.

I have a whole book, but can't think of any off the top of my head.

Answer 3

Si quieres el perro, acepta las pulgas. Dogs come with fleas...Every rose has it's thorn...that type of thing. I never use this one personally, but I usually hear it when someone is complaining about their job, wife, paycheck, etc. ;-