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WorksheetsDichos y refranes (Latin America)
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Hijo de tigre sale pintado
Bite off more than you can chew
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
Get a taste of your own medicine
Don't judge a book by its cover
Someone who is "comiendo moscas" is...
Daydreaming
Yawning
Eating with their mouth open
Eating very little
If someone tells you "no hay moros en la costa," it means
Trouble is ahead
The coast is clear
Run like the wind
Waste not, want not
In Costa Rica, when someone says "está cayendo un pelito de gato" it means
Your cat is shedding a lot
The floor is slippery (watch out!)
It is drizzling rain
Someone is sneaking around
"Dar a luz" means
To give birth
To understand
To have a great idea
To expose someone
If you are "andando por las ramas," you are
going off on a tangent
daydreaming
taking a long walk
horseplaying
Someone who "se pasa de la raya" is
acting out of line
looking tired
walking through a storm
going through a hard time
"Tomar el sartén por el mango" is the same as which English expression
Take the bull by its horns
Beat around the bush
Get your act together
Wrap your head around something
Something that is "pan comido" is
Easy as pie
Hard as a rock
A perfect storm
A snowball effect
If someone is "echando los perros," they are
going wild
kicking someone out
eating a lot
flirting
Planchar la oreja means
Your ears are burning
To be nosy
To go to sleep or lay down
To do an impossible task
If someone says to you "al pan, pan y al vino, vino" they're telling you to
call it like it is
stay on topic
get in line
stay on top of things
"To each his own" in Spanish can be said:
Es un queque
A lo hecho, pecho
Cada loco con su tema
De tal palo, tal astilla
El hábito no hace al monje
You can't have your cake and eat it too
Don't judge a book by its cover
The devil is in the details
It takes one to know one
In Costa Rica, "Pura Vida" means
Thank you
Hello
How are you?
No problem
Very good
When someone keeps going on and on about something bad that already happened, you can say they are
"haciendo leña del árbol caído"
"sacando un clavo"
"haciendo la vista gorda"
"matando dos pájaros de un tiro"
