Each Spanish idiom below comes with what its words literally say, what it means and how other languages put the same idea. To see every language at once, open the side-by-side page for moods and feelings.
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lit. ‘be like a pair of castanets’
To be extremely happy and delighted.
Elsewhere
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Tener mariposas en el estómago
lit. ‘have butterflies in your stomach’
To feel a nervous, fluttering excitement, before something important or around someone you're attracted to.
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lit. ‘to be on the floors’
To feel low, gloomy or a bit depressed.
Elsewhere
- EN Down in the dumps
- FR Avoir le cafard
- DE Trübsal blasen
- IT Essere giù di corda
- JA 肩を落とす
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lit. ‘be up to your nostrils’
To have completely run out of patience with something.
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lit. ‘lose your stirrups’
To suddenly lose your temper.
Elsewhere
- EN Blow a fuse
- FR La moutarde me monte au nez
- DE Mir platzt der Kragen
- IT Saltare la mosca al naso
- JA 堪忍袋の緒が切れる
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lit. ‘hen skin’
Small bumps on the skin caused by cold, fear or a strong emotion.
Elsewhere
- EN Goosebumps
- FR La chair de poule
- DE Gänsehaut
- IT Pelle d’oca
- JA 鳥肌
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lit. ‘to turn to stone’
To be so astonished you can hardly believe what you're seeing or hearing.
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lit. ‘to split yourself with laughter’
To laugh very hard.
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lit. ‘to be as bored as an oyster’
Something is so boring it wears you out.
Elsewhere
Phrases in bold with a red marker are written up. The rest are waiting for their own page and a check by a native speaker.