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someone's (the possessive adjective for someone) adjective [UK: ˈsəˌm.wənz] [US: ˈsəˌm.wənz] | de alguienadjective |
apple of someone's eye (favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one) noun [UK: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz aɪ] [US: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈaɪ] | el ojito derecho de alguiennoun la niña de sus ojosnoun |
behind someone's back (secretly) preposition | a espaldas de alguienpreposition por la puerta de atráspreposition |
break someone's heart (to cause a person to feel grief or sadness) verb | partir el almaverb |
breathe down someone's neck (to follow or supervise too closely) verb | |
butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth (benign appearance, suggesting the contrary) phrase | |
cat got someone's tongue (why are you not saying anything?) phrase | |
catch someone's drift verb | |
change someone's mind (to convince someone to make a decision) verb | |
coming out of someone's ears verb | |
cover someone's ass (ensure that a person is not blamed or punished) verb | |
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 someone's goat (to annoy or infuriate someone, see also: annoy; infuriate) verb | dar la tabarraverb hacer la puñetaverb sacar la piedraverb |
grease someone's palm (to bribe) verb | untarverb untar la manoverb |
jump down someone's throat (criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness) verb | |
make someone's day (make someone happy) verb [UK: ˈmeɪk ˈsəˌm.wənz deɪ] [US: ˈmeɪk ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈdeɪ] | |
make someone's hair stand on end verb | |
music to someone's ears (good news; pleasing sound or expression) noun [UK: ˈmjuː.zɪk tuː ˈsəˌm.wənz ɪəz] [US: ˈmjuː.zɪk ˈtuː ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈɪrz] | |
none of someone's business (matter that someone is not entitled to be involved in) noun | |
pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (do someone's difficult work) verb [UK: pʊl ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈtʃe.snʌts ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈpʊl ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈtʃe.snʌts ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪər] | |
pull someone's leg (to tease someone) verb | buscarle a alguien las cosquillasverb cizañearverb meter cizañaverb picarverb provocarverb sacar picaverb tomar el peloverb |