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to be a rug rat
Fr
|
English |
to be a small child |
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to be a scrooge
|
English |
To be miserly |
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to be a sex symbol
|
English |
to be sexually attractive and desirable |
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to be a shaver
MD
|
English |
To be a young boy/girl |
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to be a show-off
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Enorgullecerse, envanecerse, ensoberbecerse |
|
to be a skinflint
|
English |
No gustar gastar |
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to be a slip of the tongue
|
English |
A mistake made when what someone says is different from what was meant |
|
to be a sting
|
English |
engañar, burlar, estafar a alguien |
|
to be a stunner
MD
|
English |
to be incredible attractive |
|
to be a swindler
|
English |
To be someone who regularly cheats people or organizations to get money. |
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to be a tiddler
|
English |
to be a small child |
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to be a tight ass
|
English |
To be miserly |
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to be a tight-fisted
|
English |
To be miserly |
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to be a tightwad
|
English |
To be miserly |
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to be a tub of lard
MD
Fr
|
English |
to be fat |
|
to be a turncoat
|
English |
To be voluble, to change one's judgement or mind easyly or for minor reasons |
|
to be a twit
|
English |
Ser una persona estúpida y desagradable |
|
to be a tyke
Nu
MD
|
English |
to be a small child |
|
to be about to bear young
|
English |
The pregnancy is nine months long and the woman is about to give birth. |
|
to be about to say
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
The chance to express something |
|
to be absent-minded
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Being so lost in thought that you are forgetful or preoccupied |
|
to be advanced in years
Nu
MD
|
English |
to be old |
|
to be all ears
Ct
MD
|
English |
Not only were her ears open but her eyes held at attention, “Ok, I am all ears. And by the way, thank you for catching me over there, I am still growing into my sea legs.” |
|
to be all fingers and thumbs
|
English |
To do something with your hands in a clumsy way and keep making mistakes while you are doing it |
|
to be all skin and bones
|
English |
Be thin |
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to be all thumbs
|
English |
to be clumsy or awkward |
|
to be all thumbs
|
English |
To be awkward with your hands and keep making mistakes |
|
to be along in years
|
English |
to be very old |
|
to be aloof from the world
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Lacking interest in one´s surroundings or worldly affairs |
|
to be an adonis
MD
|
English |
to be very handsome (men) |
|
to be an ankle-biter
Fr
|
English |
to be a small child |
|
to be another kettle of fish
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to be completely different from something or someone else that has been talked about: |
|
to be around the bend
|
English |
Crazy. Having lost sanity. |
|
to be as bald as a baby's backside
|
English |
to be completely bald |
|
to be as bald as a coot
|
English |
To be bald |
|
to be as bald as a cue ball
MD
Fr
|
English |
completely bald |
|
to be as bald as an egg
|
English |
To be bald |
|
to be as bright as a button
|
English |
ser muy listo, astuto, sagaz. |
|
to be as broad as a barn door
|
English |
Estar fuerte, robusto / To be strong and broad |
|
to be as brown as a berry
MD
|
English |
If someone is as brown as a berry, they are very tanned because they have been out in the sun. |
|
to be as clever as a cartload of monkeys
|
English |
ser muy listo, astuto, sagaz. |
|
to be as cute as a bug's ear
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
very cute |
|
to be as cute as a button
|
English |
Pretty or attractive in a dainty way (Estar hermoso, bonito) |
|
to be as dead as a doornail
MD
Fr
|
English |
To be clearly and obviously dead |
|
to be as different as night and day
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
|
|
to be as drunk as a lord
|
English |
Estar borracho, ebrio |
|
to be as fat as a pig
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to be fat |
|
to be as fat as a quail
Nu
MD
|
English |
to be fat |
|
to be as fat as bacon
Nu
MD
|
English |
to be fat |
|
to be as fat as brawn
Ct
Nu
MD
|
English |
to be fat |