Phrasebook sentences (adjectives), you include your accepted phrase!:Liarla parda

Question

Let's start on adjectives, I will think of a few in Spanish and you should supply the most idiomatic translation in English.

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Expression of the day:

Voy a ver si la lío parda

Liarla parda, (pardo, greyish, brownish, often used for bulls), :

(en España) armar un lío. crear problemas. causar un estropicio o desastre

Taken from the new killer thread, just in case you feel like doing it, short version

Supply the most idiomatic translation in English

Answer 1

To stir the bee hive.

omg...great!!!! - 00494d19, May 7, 2010

Gracias. - h1deaway, May 7, 2010

this is my choice, hide, go submit to the phrasebook, great expressioin, very funny! - 00494d19, May 8, 2010

Answer 2

Rock the boat (means to stir up trouble where this is none.)

Example: "Everybody was happy, why did you have to rock the boat?"

Marianne, I believe that should be "...why **did** you have to rock..." - danrivera, May 7, 2010

Thanks, Dan :-) - --Mariana--, May 7, 2010

De nada. - danrivera, May 7, 2010

Dan, both work. Some are only happy while 'rocking' the boat. - LateToDinner, May 7, 2010

I suppose, but if it is referring to an intrinsic characteristic, it should be worded as "do you always have". - danrivera, May 7, 2010

Such as, "...why do you always have to rock the boat?" - danrivera, May 7, 2010

Answer 3

If I am understanding this correctly, you are looking for an English phrase that gets the point across of causing trouble. I am working from this premise.

1. To stir the pot
2. To shake the tree
3. To throw a wrench in the mix

jeje, good one, yes, that is it, thanks, let's see what others say - 00494d19, May 7, 2010

a wrenchhmm, I will have to look that up - 00494d19, May 7, 2010

oh...I don¡t get it:( - 00494d19, May 7, 2010

#3 refers to throwing a wrench in a machine to ruin it. I am not sure why it is not "engine" instead of "mix". "Engine" would make more sense. - danrivera, May 7, 2010

Answer 4

I actually know one, but that is maybe vulgar and not a good idea:

I will make the sh** crap hit the fan. Is that very vulgar?

Yes, but funny. They even use it as a joke in an American movie. - h1deaway, May 7, 2010

The word "crap" would be a better substitute. - danrivera, May 7, 2010

Also, it would be said as, "The crap will hit the fan". I have never heard it said as someone making it happen. - danrivera, May 7, 2010

I only put a line through the word and added the substitute in italics. - danrivera, May 7, 2010

Answer 5

"To let the lion out of the cage"

...like in: "It’s easy to open the cage and let the lion out. But not so easy to get him back in".