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break one's fast (archaic: to eat breakfast) verb [UK: breɪk wʌnz fɑːst] [US: ˈbreɪk wʌnz ˈfæst] | desayunarverb |
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 | |
brush one's teeth (to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush) verb [UK: brʌʃ wʌnz tiːθ] [US: ˈbrəʃ wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | |
burn one's bridges verb | quemar las navesverb |
butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth (benign appearance, suggesting the contrary) phrase | |
by the skin of one's teeth (barely, closely) preposition [UK: baɪ ðə skɪn əv wʌnz tiːθ] [US: baɪ ðə ˈskɪn əv wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | con las justaspreposition dejando pelos en la gaterapreposition por el canto de un duropreposition por un pelopreposition |
cat got someone's tongue (why are you not saying anything?) phrase | |
catch one's breath (to take a break, or rest while doing a strenuous activity) verb [UK: kætʃ wʌnz breθ] [US: ˈkætʃ wʌnz ˈbreθ] | tomar un respiroverb |
catch someone's drift verb | |
caught with one's pants down (caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation) adjective | en paños menoresadjective pillado con el culo al aireadjective |
change one's mind (to decide differently than one had decided before) verb [UK: tʃeɪndʒ wʌnz maɪnd] [US: ˈtʃeɪndʒ wʌnz ˈmaɪnd] | cambiar de ideaverb mudar de ideaverb mudar de opiniónverb mudar de parecerverb |
change someone's mind (to convince someone to make a decision) verb | |
clear one's throat (forcibly expulsing air from one's lungs) verb [UK: klɪə(r) wʌnz θrəʊt] [US: ˈklɪr wʌnz θroʊt] | aclararse la vozverb carraspearverb destoserseverb |
comb one's hair (to straighten one's hair with a comb) verb [UK: kəʊm wʌnz heə(r)] [US: ˈkoʊm wʌnz ˈher] | peinarse el peloverb |
coming out of someone's ears verb | |
conspicuous by one's absence phrase | brillar por su ausenciaphrase |
cover someone's ass (ensure that a person is not blamed or punished) verb | |
cross one's fingers (put the middle finger across the index finger) verb | cruzar los dedosverb |
cry one's eyes out (to weep for an elongated time) verb | |
cut off one's nose to spite one's face (harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary) verb [UK: kʌt ɒf wʌnz nəʊz tuː spaɪt wʌnz feɪs] [US: ˈkət ˈɒf wʌnz noʊz ˈtuː ˈspaɪt wʌnz ˈfeɪs] | tirar piedras al propio tejadoverb |
cut one's losses (discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit) verb [UK: kʌt wʌnz ˈlɒ.sɪz] [US: ˈkət wʌnz ˈlɒ.səz] | |
cut one's teeth (gain early experience) verb [UK: kʌt wʌnz tiːθ] [US: ˈkət wʌnz ˈtiːθ] |