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 other people.
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lit. ‘take off the door hinge’
To annoy or irritate someone.
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lit. ‘leave someone planted’
To not turn up for a date or meeting without telling the other person.
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Tener a alguien comiendo de la mano
lit. ‘have someone eating out of your hand’
To have someone so charmed or devoted that they'll do whatever you want.
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No tener vela en este entierro
lit. ‘not to have a candle at this funeral’
This isn't my problem, so I'm not getting involved.
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lit. ‘it matters a cucumber to me’
To not care about something at all.
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lit. ‘look for three feet on the cat’
To argue about tiny details that don't matter.
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lit. ‘to go past the line’
Don't push it, that's going too far.
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lit. ‘like two drops of water’
To look or be almost exactly alike.
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lit. ‘to load the dead body (onto someone)’
To shift the blame onto someone else.
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lit. ‘to peacock oneself’
To brag about yourself.
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lit. ‘like the dog and the cat’
Two people who are always arguing.
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lit. ‘to be fingernail and flesh’
Two people who are very close friends.
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Phrases in bold with a red marker are written up. The rest don’t have their own page yet.