Transcript - Spanish phrases you need to know
Phrases and idioms
1. Estar hasta las narices
To be sick to the back teeth. It is used to express being fed up with someone or something.
POR EJEMPLO: ¡Estoy hasta las narices de mi vecino! → I am fed up with my neighbour!
2. Hablar por los codos
To talk up a storm. Used to describe someone who talks too much or rambles on.
POR EJEMPLO: Ese chico habla por los codos, es insoportable. That boy never shuts up, it is unbearable.
3. Mantenerse en sus trece
To stick to one's guns, to stand one's ground.
POR EJEMPLO: Le gusta siempre mantenerse en sus trece. He always sticks to his guns, he never changes his opinion.
4. Más terco que una mula
This means 'as stubborn as a mule'
POR EJEMPLO: Mi hermano es más terco que una mula, no se puede razonar con el. Mi brother is stubborn as a mule, you can't reason with him.
5. Meter la pata
Similar to the English expression “to shoot yourself in the foot' or 'to put your foot in it”, This very common phrase is used to express that someone made a mistake.
POR EJEMPLO: Si le dices eso, vas a meter la pata! - If you say that to him, you are going to put your foot in it!
6. No tener pelos en la lengua
This is used to describe someone who is outspoken and tells it like it is.
POR EJEMPLO: Si quieres una opinión sincera, pregúntale a Sara, no tienes pelos en la lengua. If you want an honest opinion, ask Sarah, she doesn't mince her words.
7. No tener ni pies ni cabeza
To make no sense whatsoever. This describes a thing or an action that it absurd or without logic.
POR EJEMPLO: Eso que pretendes hacer no tiene ni pies ni cabeza: What you plan to do makes no sense at all.
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