Engleză | Spaniolă |
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give someone the creeps (give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright) verb | dar ñáñarasverb dar repelúsverb dar yuyuverb |
give someone the slip (to evade, escape, or get away from somebody) verb | dar esquinazoverb |
grease someone's palm (to bribe) verb | untarverb untar la manoverb |
have someone by the balls (to exercise total control over someone) verb | tener a alguien por los cojonesverb |
jump down someone's throat (criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness) verb | |
keep someone posted (inform of latest developments) verb | |
kick someone when they are down (make things worse for someone) verb | |
leave someone high and dry verb | dejar tiradoverb |
leave someone holding the bag (leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame) verb | echar el muertoverb |
leave someone in the lurch (to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation) verb | dejar con los crespos hechosverb dejar plantadoverb dejar tiradoverb |
leave someone on read (read someone's message and not give any response) verb | clavar el vistoverb dejar en vistoverb |
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 |
pull the wool over someone's eyes (to deceive someone) verb [UK: pʊl ðə wʊl ˈəʊv.ə(r) ˈsəˌm.wənz aɪz] [US: ˈpʊl ðə ˈwʊl ˈoʊv.r̩ ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈaɪz] | |
push someone's buttons verb |