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eat one's hat (to express disbelief about a proposition) verb | comer o chapéuverb |
eat one's heart out (feel overwhelming negative emotion) verb [UK: iːt wʌnz hɑːt ˈaʊt] [US: ˈiːt wʌnz ˈhɑːrt ˈaʊt] | morrer de invejaverb |
eat out of someone's hand (to be submissive due to fascination) verb | |
fly by the seat of one's pants (to improvise a course of action) verb | fazer com a cara e a coragemverb improvisarverb |
fly by the seat of one's pants (to pilot an aircraft using only instinct, visual observation, and practical judgment) 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] | do fundo do coraçãopreposition |
get on someone's nerves (annoy or irritate) verb [UK: ˈɡet ɒn ˈsəˌm.wənz nɜːvz] [US: ˈɡet ɑːn ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈnɝːvz] | dar nos nervosverb |
get one's ass in gear (to exert effective effort) verb | mexer-severb |
give one's all (make the utmost effort) verb | dar o seu melhorverb dar tudo de siverb |
grit one's teeth (clench one's teeth together) verb | ranger os dentesverb |
have a mind of one's own verb | |
have blood on one's hands (be responsible for a violent act) 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] | estar comverb frio na barrigaverb terverb |
have eyes bigger than one's stomach (take more food than one can eat) verb | |
have one's cake and eat it too (to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible) verb | |
have one's hands full (be busy or thoroughly preoccupied) verb [UK: həv wʌnz hændz fʊl] [US: həv wʌnz ˈhændz ˈfʊl] | |
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 tongue (refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | morder a línguaverb |
in one's own right (as a consequence of one's own skill, qualification or state) preposition [UK: ɪn wʌnz əʊn raɪt] [US: ɪn wʌnz ˈoʊn ˈraɪt] | por si sópreposition |
keep one's cool (to remain composed, calm) verb | manter a calmaverb |
know like the back of one's hand (be intimately knowledgable about) verb [UK: nəʊ ˈlaɪk ðə ˈbæk əv wʌnz hænd] [US: ˈnoʊ ˈlaɪk ðə ˈbæk əv wʌnz ˈhænd] | |
laugh one's head off (laugh uproariously) verb [UK: lɑːf wʌnz hed ɒf] [US: ˈlæf wʌnz ˈhed ˈɒf] | morrer de rirverb |
lose one's cool (to lose one's temper) verb [UK: luːz wʌnz kuːl] [US: ˈluːz wʌnz ˈkuːl] | perder a cabeçaverb |