Just for fun. Crazy English expressions.

Question

Make up a sentence using English idioms and expressions.

Translate it literally into Spanish and post both here.

Example

If we throw the baby out with the bath water then the balloon will go up and we will be up the creek without a paddle and all hell will break out.

Si tiramos al bebé junto con el agua del baño luego el globo va a subir y estaremos hasta el arroyo sin remos y todo el infierno se desatará.

Thanks, Ian. Be back later to post. :) - rac1, Sep 2, 2015

Sorry Ian, I am an expert in the crazy Hungarian expressions, but I know only some English proverbs, which are well known for all of you - porcupine7, Sep 2, 2015

Fun thread, ian! - AnnRon, Sep 2, 2015

Great idea, Ian! :) - Findy, Sep 2, 2015

At last a way to get the online translators to work... !! ;-) - Faldaesque, Sep 2, 2015

True amigo :) - ian-hill, Sep 2, 2015

Good one mate. - ray76, Sep 3, 2015

Answer 1

Golpeé el camino temprano este mañana, paré disparar la brisa con una amiga y hice a mi cita por la piel de mis dientes.

I hit the road early this morning, stopped to shoot the breeze with a friend and I made it to my appointment by the skin of my teeth.

:) - ian-hill, Sep 2, 2015

Answer 2

You're barking up the wrong tree because you're being led up the garden path and having the wool pulled over your eyes...

Estás ladrando arriba por el árbol incorrecto porque te están dirigiendo por el sendero en el jardín y te están tirando la lana por los ojos...

Lol. - annierats, Sep 3, 2015

Answer 3

If Dad kicks the bucket without making a will, I will hit the ceiling because, without a share of his bread, I'll be up the creek without a paddle.

Si papá patea el cubo sin haber un testamento, voy a golpear el techo porque, sin una parte de su pan, estaré subiendo el arroyo sin una paleta.

jejeje Good one, Ann! - Findy, Sep 2, 2015

:) - ian-hill, Sep 2, 2015

Answer 4

Conozco este lugar como la parte atrás de mi mano...

I know this place like the back of my hand...

:) - ian-hill, Sep 3, 2015

Answer 5

Hitting the high spots.

Para golpear los puntos altos.

Ir a los mejores lugares de la ciudad..

To hit the high spots.

*Go to the best places in town.

:) - ian-hill, Sep 3, 2015

Answer 6

Yer bum's oot the windae and ye dinnae hae a leg tae staun oan... (Scots)

Your buttocks are out of the window and you don't have a leg to stand upon... (English)

Tu culo está afuera de la ventana y no tienes pierna para estar parado... (Español)

Quiere decir = No te creo y no tienes ninguna posibilidad de explicarte...

:) - ian-hill, Sep 2, 2015

Answer 7

He couldn't get a handle on what the boss was asking of him so he flew off the handle.

No sabía nada de que su superior quiere que haga entonces se encolericé.

:) - ian-hill, Sep 2, 2015

Answer 8

Aprender los verbos en español es tan fácil como sujetar una gelatina en el techo con grapas...

Learning Spanish verbs as as easy as stapling jelly to the ceiling...

We use this , but not with 'jelly'. - ray76, Sep 5, 2015

'Jello' doesn't exist over here... ;-) - Faldaesque, Sep 5, 2015

:) - ian-hill, Sep 5, 2015

Answer 9

My husband arrived home as drunk as a skunk.

Mi marido llegó a casa tan borracho como un zorillo.

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:) He should have stayed home and you could have joined in the fun. :) - ian-hill, Sep 3, 2015

Answer 10

He's gone off the deep end.

Se ha ido por las paredes.

:) - ian-hill, Sep 2, 2015

Answer 11

He was three sheets to the wind and tossed his cookies.

El era tres hojas a el viento y lanzaba su galletas.

:) - ian-hill, Sep 3, 2015

Answer 12

He was bleeding like a stuck pig so he went under the knife.

Sangrió como un chancho apuñalado así que tuvo una operación.

:) - ian-hill, Sep 7, 2015

Answer 13

His ace in the hole came through, and saved his bacon. !

Su as en el agujero vinieron a través, y salvó su tocino.

:)) - ian-hill, Sep 4, 2015

Answer 14

Él tiene un canguro suelto en el paddock de arriba.

Para describir a alguien un poco tonto.

He has a Kangaroo loose in the top paddock.

To describe someone a little silly.

to have a roo loose in the top paddock An Australian colloquialism; describing someone intellectually impaired or moronic. In the case of this phrase, the term "roo" is an abbreviation for kangaroo, an Australian marsupial.

Used emphatically, the phrase is sometimes amended to "a few roos loose in the top paddock".

To have a roo loose in the top paddock:

After John spent all those years on weed, he talked liked he had a roo loose in the top paddock.

:) - ian-hill, Sep 5, 2015

Ha! Never heard this one before. - AnnRon, Sep 6, 2015

Answer 15

Don't mince your words...

No piques tus palabras...

:) - ian-hill, Sep 6, 2015