Englisch | Spanisch |
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off one's game preposition | no dar pie con bolapreposition |
off the top of one's head (in an extemporaneous manner; without careful thought, preparation, or investigation) preposition | a bote prontopreposition |
on one's high horse (self-righteous) preposition | darse airespreposition darse ínfulaspreposition espetarsepreposition subirse a la parrapreposition |
on one's last legs (about to die) preposition [UK: ɒn wʌnz lɑːst leɡz] [US: ɑːn wʌnz ˈlæst ˈleɡz] | acabársele la candelapreposition con la candela en la manopreposition en las últimaspreposition |
on one's own (alone; by oneself; without the companionship or assistance of others) preposition [UK: ɒn wʌnz əʊn] [US: ɑːn wʌnz ˈoʊn] | por sí mismopreposition por sí solopreposition por su cuentapreposition por su propia cuentapreposition solopreposition |
on the edge of one's seat (in suspense) preposition | al borde del asientopreposition |
on the tip of one's tongue (known but not quite remembered) preposition | en la punta de la lenguapreposition |
open one's legs verb | |
out of one's mind (insane) adjective | como las maracas de Machínadjective como una cabraadjective fuera de la mente de unoadjective |
out of the corner of one's eye (look sideways) preposition | de refilónpreposition de reojopreposition de travéspreposition |
pack one's bags verb | liar el hatoverb liar el petateverb |
pay one's last respects verb | pagarverb respetosverb |
pick one's nose (insert a finger into one's nostril) verb [UK: pɪk wʌnz nəʊz] [US: ˈpɪk wʌnz noʊz] | hacer píldorasverb |
pin one's hopes on (to place all one's trust in) verb [UK: pɪn wʌnz həʊps ɒn ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈpɪn wʌnz hoʊps ɑːn ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] | |
pour one's heart out (To express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) verb | desahogarseverb |
pull one's socks up (start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts) verb | |
pull oneself up by one's bootstraps (to begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help) verb | como Juan Palomoverb |
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 |