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    IDIOM MEANING EXAMPLE SPANISH

    Take a rain check. To refuse an When her friend Dejar algo para otro
    invitation, or say that invited her out to momento.
    you would like to lunch on Sunday,
    accept it, but at a she asked if she
    different time. could take a rain
    check because she
    was busy.

    Add insult to injury. Hurt somebody's He told me I was too Para colmo… / por
    feelings who is old for the job, but si fuera poco…
    already in a bad then to add insult to
    situation because of injury, he refused to
    what you said pay my expenses!
    before.

    Break your back. To work extremely She broke her back Dejarse la piel.
    hard in order to get to get the report
    something. finished on time.

    Acid test. Proof that shows the They've always Prueba decisiva.
    value of someone or been friends, but the
    something. acid test came when
    they had to share an
    apartment.

    Through thick and You keep on with We have been En las buenas y en
    thin. somebody for the together through las malas.
    good things/times thick and thin, so we
    and the bad ones. will not leave each
    other now.

    Dressed to kill. To wear something Did you see De punta en blanco.


    that makes you feel Jennifer's dress?
    good and attractive, She is dressed to
    to impress people. kill.

    On pins and To be really anxious I am on pins and En ascuas,


    needles. or worried about that needles waiting for nervioso.
    is going to happen. my exam results.

    Rooted to the spot. Unable to move. She was rooted to Estar clavado en el
    the spot with fear/ sitio.
    amazement.

    Heart-to-heart. Serious and honest In a heart-to-heart Charla seria/ íntima.


    conversation talking with my friend, I
    about your feelings. confessed I hated
    the way I had
    behaved.

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