YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD OUT STONE

›
IN SPANISH WE SAY: NO PUEDES PEDIR PERAS AL OLMO.

SUCCESS CONSISTS OF GOING FROM FAILURE TO FAILURE WITHOUT LOSS OF ENTHUSIAM

›
                   I DON'T KNOW IF I AM RIGHT, BUT I THINK IT IS A WINSTON CHURCILL'S QUOTATION. BUT THE FACT IS THAT I'M COMPL...

UNDERDOG

›
WHEN A PERSON IS AN UNDERDOG, IT MEANS THAT HE IS EXPECTED TO BE THE LOSER, HE IS ALWAYS IN A LOSING POSITION.

TO BE A LIFE BEACON

›
FOR MANY CHRISTIANS, POPE JOHN PAUL II WAS A LIFE BEACON. HE WAS A LITTLE  HUMBLE A MAN WHO  LIT THE SPARK OF LOVE IN MANY PEOPLE'S HE...
1 comentario:

TO HAVE A FIELD DAY

›
IN SPAIN WE HAVE A SIMILAR ONE: "HACER EL AGOSTO". IMAGINE, THAT YOU ARE A FLAG SELLER, UNFORTUNATELLY WITH THE ECONOMICAL CRISI...

TO BE SKINT

›
WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY YOU ARE SKINT.

TO RUN AMOK VS TO GO BERSERK

›
TO RUN AMOK: WHEN YOU GET CRAZY, WHEN THE SITUATION IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU, AND "SE TE CRUZAN LOS CABLES": TO GO BERSERK:WHEN YO...

LIGHTENING DOESN'T STRIKE TWICE.

›
WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, AN ACCIDENT OR JUST A VERY BAD SITUATION AND THEN YOU HAVE TO FACE AGAIN THAT SITUATION, YOU CAN LISTEN THIS IDIO...

TO HAVE GOT THE GREEN

›
WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AND YOU HAVE GOT THE GREEN MEANS THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE DRIVING. sO WHEN YOU ASK FOR PERMISSION AND YOU ARE GIVEN THE ...

TO BE CAUGHT RED-HANDED

›
There is a murder, who could the murderer be? In Spanish threre is a similar expresión who answer this questions: "EL QUE TENGA LAS M...

DON'T PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY

›
It's better if you try doing the things you have to do instead of postponing them. I think that the idioms talks about hard things, d...

A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED

›
WE HAVE TO SAVE MONEY BUT I THINK THAT THE IDIOM WANTS TO EXPRESS THAT MANY LITTLES MAKE A BIG ONE. tHAT IF WE DO THE BIG THINGS STEP BY S...

FOOL ME ONE, SHAME ON YOU. fOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME.

›
YOU ARE NOT GILTY WHEN SOMEONE FOOLS YOU FOR FISRT TIME, BUT IF YOU TRUST HIM AGAIN, AND YOU HAVE A NEW PROBLEM AGAIN, THE SHAME IS FOR YO...

TO BE GREEN WITH ENVY

›
In Spanish the meaning is similar: Morirse de la envidia. But the colour is not named.

TO PUT A SPOKE IN SOMEBODY'S WHEEL.

›
Perry, the platypus, is always putting spokes in Dr Doofersmith's devil plans.

BY THE SKIN OF MY TEETH

›
BY THE SKIN OF MY THEET. Curiously In Spain we have a similar one: By the hairs, or by miracle. That person salved his live by the skin of h...

AS QUIET AS A MOUSE

›
AS QUIET AS A MOUSE. I think that we are talking about house mice. That nobody can see them but ...

AS SICK AS A DOG. - - Black pudding for you. (Spanish)

›
AS SICK AS A DOG. As a Shih Tzu owner I can't understand this idiom, but I've found on the web that the dogs are supposed to eat all...

AS SLOW AS A SNAIL

›
AS SLOW AS A SNAIL. I love snail. The snail is not an insect. It is a gastropod. That is a latin word to say that they walk (pod) with the t...

AS BRAVE AS A LION (SPECIAL EDITION FOR BIOLOGYWATCHER)

›
AS BRAVE AS A LION. It was supposed to be the King but nowadays we know how he really is. He spent all the day under a tree, in the warm sha...

AS WISE AS AN OWL.(SPECIAL EDITION FOR BIOLOGYWATCHER)

›
AS WISE AS AN OWL. Even in the ancient Greek mithology, the owl appears as an important animal, a very special one, it is clever and wise in...

DON'T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.

›
SEVEN IDIOMS WITH THE WORD: "ALL" DON'T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET:Becouse if you do it, they can broke. So is better to ...

BOOT (JAMES)

›

TO BE THE TOP DOG

›
WHEN YOU ARE THE TOP DOG YOU ARE THE BOSS. YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON, YOU TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO. IN SPAIN WE SAY: SER EL...

TO BE AS VAIN AS A PEACOCK

›
THE PEACOCK IS A GREAT BIRD. MALE PEACOCK NEEDS TO SHOW ALL HIS FEATHERS TO ATTRACK FEMALE PEACOCK. IT IS VERY BEAUTIFULL BUT IT IS TOO VAI...