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someone (some person) pronoun [UK: ˈsʌm.wʌn] [US: ˈsʌˌm.wən] | alguienpronounSomeone has to pay the bill. = Alguien tiene que pagar la factura. algunopronounSomeone was satisfied. = Alguno quedó satisfecho. |
someone's (the possessive adjective for someone) adjective [UK: ˈsəˌm.wənz] [US: ˈsəˌm.wənz] | de alguienadjective |
apple of someone's eye (favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one) noun [UK: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz aɪ] [US: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈaɪ] | el ojito derecho de alguiennoun la niña de sus ojosnoun |
behind someone's back (secretly) preposition | a espaldas de alguienpreposition por la puerta de atráspreposition |
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 | |
butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth (benign appearance, suggesting the contrary) phrase | |
cat got someone's tongue (why are you not saying anything?) phrase | |
catch someone's drift verb | |
change someone's mind (to convince someone to make a decision) verb | |
coming out of someone's ears verb | |
cover someone's ass (ensure that a person is not blamed or punished) verb | |
cry someone a river (to try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling) verb | qué pena me dasverb |
cut someone some slack verb | dar cuartelilloverb |
drive someone crazy (annoy) verb | llevar locoverb traer de cabezaverb volver locoverb |
drive someone crazy (cause insanity) verb | alocarverb enloquecerverb rayarseverb |
drive someone up the wall verb | |
eat someone alive (To bite repeatedly.) verb | comer vivoverb |
get on someone's nerves (annoy or irritate) verb [UK: ˈɡet ɒn ˈsəˌm.wənz nɜːvz] [US: ˈɡet ɑːn ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈnɝːvz] | mojar la orejaverb poner los nervios de puntaverb repatearverb |
get someone's goat (to annoy or infuriate someone, see also: annoy; infuriate) verb | dar la tabarraverb hacer la puñetaverb sacar la piedraverb |
give someone a hard time (cause difficulty or make trouble for someone) verb | |
give someone a piece of one's mind (to rebuke someone) verb | |
give someone a ring verb | |
give someone the cold shoulder (snub) verb | dar la espaldaverb hacer el vacíoverb |
give someone the creeps (give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright) verb | dar cangueloverb |