Home
Q&A
What Idioms do you know?

What Idioms do you know?

1
vote

Ok - I love looking at idioms, anyone know any Spanish and/or English onessmile If you do, could you please; Give the Spanish idiom. Give the exact translation. Give the English idiom. Or vice-versa. Heres a few examples of the ones I know.

1) No tener pelo de tonto. To not have silly hair. To be nobody's fool.

2) Dormir a pierna suelta. To sleep will a relaxed leg. To sleep like a log.

3) Verlo too color de rosa. To see everything the colour red. To see life through rose-tinted glasses.

1563 views
updated Nov 16, 2009
posted by Sammy16093

4 Answers

1
vote
updated Nov 16, 2009
posted by 0068e2f4
1
vote

Oh lots of these. My apologies for the like quadruple post on this.

updated Nov 16, 2009
posted by Sammy16093
1
vote

You can check out some more from a previous post. smile

link text

updated Nov 16, 2009
posted by Jason7R
1
vote

No tengo que preocupareme por el examen. Anoche mi profesor estiró la pata!

I don't have to worry about the exam! Last night my professor kicked the bucket!

"kicked the bucket." An English idiom which means "died"

updated Nov 16, 2009
edited by 002262dd
posted by 002262dd
Hehe wow I like that one! - Sammy16093, Nov 16, 2009