de brazos cruzados
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de brazos cruzados(
deh
brah
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sohs
kroo
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sah
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dohs
)A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
a. with one's arms crossed
Jorge se quedó en la puerta de brazos cruzados sin dejarme pasar.Jorge stood in the doorway, with his arms crossed, not letting me in.
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
No podemos seguir de brazos cruzados y permitir que la nueva generación pague por nuestros errores medioambientales.We can't just sit back and allow the next generation to pay for our environmental mistakes.
Pues parece que el colegio se va a quedar de brazos cruzados respecto del problema de ciberacoso.Well, it seems the school is going to stand idly by and do nothing about the cyberbullying problem.
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