Angol | Spanyol |
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cut one's teeth (gain early experience) verb [UK: kʌt wʌnz tiːθ] [US: ˈkət wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | |
dig in one's heels (to act in a determined manner) verb | empecinarseverb enrocarseverb |
do one's bit (to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort) verb [UK: duː wʌnz bɪt] [US: ˈduː wʌnz ˈbɪt] | |
do one's own thing (do what one considers best) verb | ir por libreverb |
drag one's feet (procrastinate) verb [UK: dræɡ wʌnz fiːt] [US: ˈdræɡ wʌnz ˈfiːt] | marear la perdizverb |
drown one's sorrows (to drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings) verb | ahogar las penasverb |
eat one's hat (to express disbelief about a proposition) verb | que me maten siverb |
feather in one's cap (recognized accomplishment) noun [UK: ˈfe.ðə(r) ɪn wʌnz kæp] [US: ˈfe.ðər ɪn wʌnz ˈkæp] | triunfo personalnoun |
foul one's own nest (to hurt one's own interests, especially to damage the reputation of one's self) verb | |
from the bottom of one's heart (in earnest, with one's full feelings) preposition [UK: frəm ðə ˈbɒ.təm əv wʌnz hɑːt] [US: frəm ðə ˈbɑː.təm əv wʌnz ˈhɑːrt] | de corazónpreposition de todo corazónpreposition desde el fondo del corazónpreposition |
get off one's chest (to relieve oneself by talking to someone) verb | desahogarseverb desfogarseverb franquearseverb quitarse un peso de encimaverb sincerarseverb |
get on someone's nerves (annoy or irritate) verb [UK: ˈɡet ɒn ˈsəˌm.wənz nɜːvz] [US: ˈɡet ɑːn ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈnɝːvz] | mojar la orejaverb poner los nervios de puntaverb repatearverb |
get one's act together (become serious and organized) verb | sentar la cabezaverb |
get one's ass in gear (to exert effective effort) verb | mover el culoverb |
get one's finger out (stop delaying) verb | mover el culoverb |
get one's hands dirty verb | |
get one's hopes up (to become enthusiastic) verb | |
get one's knickers in a twist (to become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter) verb | |
get one's way (obtain the circumstances one wishes for) verb [UK: ˈɡet wʌnz ˈweɪ] [US: ˈɡet wʌnz ˈweɪ] | |
get one's wires crossed (to misunderstand one another) verb | |
get someone's goat (to annoy or infuriate someone, see also: annoy; infuriate) verb | dar la tabarraverb hacer la puñetaverb sacar la piedraverb |