Game: Name that Idiom!
To play this game, enter a Spanish Idiom and it's English Translation. If you have a picture that reflects the Idiom, by all means add it! I am looking forward to some entries, as I don't know many Idioms.
Please make sure that any Idioms and pictures are accurate and family friendly.
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Example: El invitado y el pescado apestan durante el tercer día. -- The guest and the fish both stink on the 3rd day.
16 Answers
De tal palo, tal astillos.
Literally, "from such a stick, such splinters". Equivalent phrase in English is "like father like son".
Es pan comido - It is very easy
Ver las estrellas - El otro día me caí y ¡ví las estrellas!
To see the stars The other day I fell off and I saw the stars!
Te estoy tomando el pelo.
I'm just pulling your leg.
Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres.
Literally translates to "tell me who you walk (associate) with, and I will tell you who you are",
Same as saying;
Birds of a feather flock together.
Salir Airoso = To pass with flying colors
"¿Crees que vas a salir airoso?"
Do you really think you'll pass with flying colors?
Cada quien tiene su manera de matar pulgas. -- Everyone has their own way to kill fleas.
Meaning: There's more than one way to skin a cat!
Empezar la casa por el techo (to begin the house with the roof) To put the cart before the horse
No te apures; tienes que aprender tu trabajo bien. no se puede empezar la casa por el techo.
Don't be in such a hurry; you need to learn your job well. Don't put the cart before the horse.
Eramos muchos y parió la abuela.
As though we didn't have enough trouble already..
A mal tiempo, buena cara.
Put a good face on it.
jugar con dos barajas (to play with two decks) to act with duplicity or to cheat.
A caballo regalado no se la miran los dientes -- Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
"You are what you eat."
Tener más lana que un borrego -- To have more wool than a lamb
Meaning: To have money to burn.
(This replaces my previous Idiom)
no tener pelos en la lengua
Se aplica a las personas que hablan con franqueza, sin miedo a decir la verdad por dura que sea.
