Spanska | Engelska |
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buscar el pelo en el huevo verb | nitpick [nitpicked, nitpicking, nitpicks](to correct minutiae or find fault) |
búsqueda de los huevos de Pascua noun | Easter egg hunt(activity held at Easter where hidden Easter eggs have to be found) |
calientahuevos noun {m} {f} | cock tease(One who sexually arouses) |
cáscara de huevo noun {f} | eggshell [eggshells](object) |
coger por los huevos verb | have someone by the balls(to exercise total control over someone) |
ensalada de huevo noun {f} | egg salad(dish made of hard-boiled eggs) |
lamer los huevos verb | kiss ass(to flatter excessively) |
lanzar huevos a verb | egg(to throw (rotten) eggs at (someone or something)) |
licor de huevos noun {m} | eggnog(egg-based beverage) |
matar a la gallina de los huevos de oro verb | kill the goose that lays the golden eggs(to seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit) |
mis huevos interjection {Pl} | my ass(Indicates disapproval, disagreement, or disbelief) |
no hay que poner todos los huevos en una sola canasta phrase | don't put all your eggs in one basket(do not dedicate all your resources to one project) |
no se puede hacer una tortilla sin romper los huevos phrase | you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette(phrase) |
paradoja del huevo y la gallina noun {f} | chicken-or-egg question(a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) |
parecerse como un huevo a una castaña noun | chalk and cheese(things that are very different) |
patada en los huevos noun | pain in the ass(something that causes discomfort) |
ponche de huevo noun {m} | eggnog(egg-based beverage) |
poner un huevo verb | lay an egg(to produce an egg) |
rollo de huevo noun {m} | egg roll(a food made made by wrapping a combination of ingredients) |
tener a alguien por los huevos verb | have someone by the balls(to exercise total control over someone) |
tirar huevos a verb | egg(to throw (rotten) eggs at (someone or something)) |
tocar los huevos a alguien verb | piss off(to annoy) |