Engelska | Spanska |
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give one's all (make the utmost effort) verb | |
give someone a piece of one's mind (to rebuke someone) verb | |
grease someone's palm (to bribe) verb | untarverb untar la manoverb |
have a mind of one's own verb | |
have bats in one's belfry (to be crazy or eccentric) verb | |
have butterflies in one's stomach (be nervous) verb [UK: həv ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪz ɪn wʌnz ˈstʌ.mək] [US: həv ˈbʌt.r̩.flaɪz ɪn wʌnz ˈstʌ.mək] | |
have eyes bigger than one's stomach (take more food than one can eat) verb | |
have eyes in the back of one's head (perceived ability to see) verb | |
have one's cake and eat it too (to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible) verb | estar a la vez en la procesión y repicando las campanasverb no puede serverb soplar y sorberverb |
have one's fingers in many pies (be involved in many different things) verb | |
have one's head screwed on verb [UK: həv wʌnz hed skruːd ɒn] [US: həv wʌnz ˈhed ˈskruːd ɑːn] | |
have one's tubes tied verb | |
have one's way with (to engage in sexual intercourse) verb | llevar al huertoverb |
have one's work cut out for one verb | |
hoist by one's own petard (be hurt by one's own plot) adjective | ir por lana y volver trasquiladoadjective una cucharada de su propia medicinaadjective |
hold one's breath (to hold one's breath) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz breθ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈbreθ] | |
hold one's head high (act with pride) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz hed haɪ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈhed ˈhaɪ] | |
hold one's horses (idiomatic: to be patient) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz ˈhɔː.sɪz] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈhɔːr.səz] | |
hold one's liquor (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol) verb | aguantarverb |
hold one's own (demonstrate oneself to be capable) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz əʊn] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈoʊn] | defenderse bienverb mostrarse capazverb |
hold one's tongue (refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | callarseverb |