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to call the shots
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para tomar las decisiones / cortar el bacalao
you get ripped off
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te estafan / te timan
that's a corker of
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es una pasada de
bad blood
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mal rollo
pull/get your finger out
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espabilarse
are you pulling my leg
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me estas tomando el pelo
push the boat out
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tirar la casa por la ventana
to be snowed under with
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estar hasta arriba de
go with the flow
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dejate llevar
he is all mouth and no trousers
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mucho ruido y pocas nueces
it's a pain in the neck
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es un rollo
put your foot in it
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meter la pata
by the skin of my tooth
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por los pelos
shooting star
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estrella fugaz
thirdtime lucky
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a la tercera va a la vencida
on the fly
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sobre la marcha
to have a lot on my/your plate
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estar muy ocupado
when life give you lemons, make lemonade
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al mal tiempo, buena cara
no tone deaf
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no tener oido musical
day in, day out
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un dia si y otro tambien
every other day
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cualquier otro día
sea change
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cambio radical
i am having second thoughts
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estoy teniendo dudas
to live up to my expectations
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estar a la altura
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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siempre quieres lo que no tienes
to be on your last leg
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estar cansado
it's not rocket science
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no es tan dificil
take itout on somebody
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pagarlo con alguien
break a leg
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romperse la pierna
more often than not
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mayoria de las veces
get/feel/go stale
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estancado
take it to heart
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tomarlo en serio/ a pecho
catnap
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siestecita
it's raining cats and dogs
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Lueve a cántaros
let the cat out of the bag
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revelar un secreto
look like something the cat drogged in
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te ves muy sucio
catwalk
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pasadizo / pasarela
i will sleep on it
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lo pensare con la almohada
pull the socks up
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ponerse las pilas
dumb down
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simplificar
first come, first served
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primero llegar, primero servido
not know which way to turn
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estar desesperado, no saber que hacer
put all your eggs in one basket
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arriesgar todo a una cosa
to sell like hotkeys
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vender como churros
there is enough food to sink a ship
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hay suficiente comida para hundir un barco
far cry from
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muy lejos / muy diferente
to call a spade a spade
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llamar las cosas por su nombre
the icing on the cake
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La guinda del pastel
to play it by ear
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improvisarlo
travel light / pack light
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viajar lijero / empaquetar rapido
butter slup
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hacer la pelota
off the top of my head
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a bote pronto
it sounds greek to me / it sounds double dutch
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me suena a chino
better safe than sorry
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más vale prevenir que curar
i'm all ears
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Soy todo oídos
that's how the cookie crumble
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asi es la vida
to put something on ice / put off
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posponer
to put in jeopardy
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poner en peligro
go off
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estropearse
bob's your uncle
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asi de facil
to be on the cards
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muy probable
sickly sweet
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empalagoso (una cosa)
that ship has sailed
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perder la oportunidad
to be up in the air
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no estar seguro de algo
in a nutshell
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en pocas palabras
what a fright
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qué susto
to run some errands
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hacer recados
only as a last resort
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solo como último recurso
it's time / it's about time / it's high time (+ past simple)
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es hora / es hora / es hora (+ pasado simple)
through thick and thin
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superando cualquier dificultad (en las buenas y en las malas)
a change of pace
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un cambio de ritmo/aire
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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la belleza está en el ojo del espectador / para gustos colores
no-man's-land
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tierra de nadie
make a mountain of a molehill
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hacer una montaña de un grano de arena

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