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Etiqueta: idioms
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IDIOM OF THE DAY
Dog Days of Summer
The hottest days of the summer season
to have a finger in every pie
To be involved in many activities
A Taste Of Your Own Medicine
When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others.
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IDIOM OF THE DAY
Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket
Meaning of the idiom:
Do not put all your resources in one possibility.
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Idiom of the day
Blood Is Thicker Than Water
The family bond is closer than anything else.
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IDIOM OF THE DAY
All Bark And No Bite
When someone is threatening and/or aggressive but not willing to engage in a fight.
Perro ladrador, poco mordedor.
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IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS: FISH
- like a fish out of water = strange, different to the rest
- like a fish in muddy/troubled waters = in confused subjects
- a big fish (in a little pond) = an important person (in a small comunity or a restricted situation)
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IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS: BIRD
- As free as a bird: Libre, sin preocupaciones
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush: más vale pájaro en mano que cien volando
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THE MEANING OF:
It’s better to actually do something than just talk about it.
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‘It’s raining cats and dogs’
Houses had thatched roofs, thick straw pile high. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the pets, dogs, cats and other small animals, mice rats, bugs, lived in the roof.