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Spanish to English Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Translation Glossary

Spanish term		English translation
Diablo venido del fuego, se aleja con la ceniza		once burned, twice shy
diseñador de intramuros		interior designer	Wendy Gosselin
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
disparar con pólvora del rey		to order drinks on the house
disparate (IN THIS CONTEXT)		We consider him a joke
doña María Tanates [Guatemala]		The bag lady	Joshua Parker
Entered by: Joshua Parker
donde el diablo metió la cola		where the devil appeared	Edward Tully
Entered by: Edward Tully
Donde hay capitán no manda marinero		what the boss says goes/if two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind
dos ostias y listo		two smacks/slaps, and done	Marcelo González
Entered by: Marcelo González
Durar un suspiro		are over in the blink of an eye / in a flash
Duró más un merengue en la puerta de una escuela.		It was over in a flash	Fernando Tognis
Entered by: Fernando Tognis
echar el resto a las primeras de cambio		he exhausted/exposed his (inspirational) reserves far too soon/ the first chance he got
echar mano de		resort to
echar margaritas a puercos		to throw pearls to swine or cast pearls before swine
Echarse encima a alguien		throw someone over / shaft someone or give someone the shaft	Marialba Baez
Entered by: Marialba Baez
edad del pavo		to be at that difficult/awkward age
edificio de categoria		swanky / luxury / high class / high end / class building
el aliento como el de un dragon		very bad breath; dragon breath	Silvia Brandon-Pérez
Entered by: Silvia Brandon-Pérez
El choclo se está desgranando		its all coming apart at the seams
el comer y el rascar todo es empezar		from small beginnings come great things
el hecho de volar		Flying doesn´t just mean the physical action (itself)....
El ladrón juzga por su condición		A thief believes everyone else steals
El misterio es magia y la magia es mito		Mystery makes magic, and magic makes myths.
El modelito de la de seis cuerdas de enchufar		Electric guitar	Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
Entered by: Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
el mono		craving
el mundo es de los aventados		the daring shall inherit the earth
El ombligo del mundo		The navel of the world
El pez grande se come al pequeño		The big fish eats the little one
el placer da lo que la sabiduría promete		Pleasure gives what wisdom promises	Rafa Lombardino
Entered by: Rafa Lombardino
El que juega con candela (fuego) sale quemado		He who plays with fire gets burned	R. Alex Jenkins
Entered by: R. Alex Jenkins
el que juega no asa castañas		keep your eye on the ball!
El que por su gusto es buey, hasta la coyunda lambe		Ignorance is bliss, knowledge is painful//The dog who likes to be kicked, will even lick his master's hand
el que se levanta tarde no oye misa ni come carne		You snooze, you lose
El que vale vale y el que no... para letras		Some people get it right and some people get it wrong
el remedio, el trapito y úntemelo usted tantito		you want me to smoke it for you, too?
el sí del no		the positive within the negative
el teatro a cuestas		street theater (theater) / portable theater
el trabajo es salud y quiero morir tuberculoso		if work is health, I'd rather be ill
El zorro sabe por zorro, pero más sabe por viejo…		With age comes wisdom.
en calzas prietas		being in a tight corner//being in a hole/jam/tight spot
en casa del jabonero el que no cae se resbala		In the home of the soap maker, he who doesn't fall, slips / You tell what a personis like by how he

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