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Dichos y refranes (Latin America)

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 4hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hijo de tigre sale pintado

a)

Bite off more than you can chew

b)

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

c)

Get a taste of your own medicine

d)

Don't judge a book by its cover

2.

Someone who is "comiendo moscas" is...

a)

Daydreaming

b)

Yawning

c)

Eating with their mouth open

d)

Eating very little

3.

If someone tells you "no hay moros en la costa," it means

a)

Trouble is ahead

b)

The coast is clear

c)

Run like the wind

d)

Waste not, want not

4.

In Costa Rica, when someone says "está cayendo un pelito de gato" it means

a)

Your cat is shedding a lot

b)

The floor is slippery (watch out!)

c)

It is drizzling rain

d)

Someone is sneaking around

5.

"Dar a luz" means

a)

To give birth

b)

To understand

c)

To have a great idea

d)

To expose someone

6.

If you are "andando por las ramas," you are

a)

going off on a tangent

b)

daydreaming

c)

taking a long walk

d)

horseplaying

7.

Someone who "se pasa de la raya" is

a)

acting out of line

b)

looking tired

c)

walking through a storm

d)

going through a hard time

8.

"Tomar el sartén por el mango" is the same as which English expression

a)

Take the bull by its horns

b)

Beat around the bush

c)

Get your act together

d)

Wrap your head around something

9.

Something that is "pan comido" is

a)

Easy as pie

b)

Hard as a rock

c)

A perfect storm

d)

A snowball effect

10.

If someone is "echando los perros," they are

a)

going wild

b)

kicking someone out

c)

eating a lot

d)

flirting

11.

Planchar la oreja means

a)

Your ears are burning

b)

To be nosy

c)

To go to sleep or lay down

d)

To do an impossible task

12.

If someone says to you "al pan, pan y al vino, vino" they're telling you to

a)

call it like it is

b)

stay on topic

c)

get in line

d)

stay on top of things

13.

"To each his own" in Spanish can be said:

a)

Es un queque

b)

A lo hecho, pecho

c)

Cada loco con su tema

d)

De tal palo, tal astilla

14.

El hábito no hace al monje

a)

You can't have your cake and eat it too

b)

Don't judge a book by its cover

c)

The devil is in the details

d)

It takes one to know one

15.

In Costa Rica, "Pura Vida" means

a)

Thank you

b)

Hello

c)

How are you?

d)

No problem

e)

Very good

16.

When someone keeps going on and on about something bad that already happened, you can say they are

a)

"haciendo leña del árbol caído"

b)

"sacando un clavo"

c)

"haciendo la vista gorda"

d)

"matando dos pájaros de un tiro"