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to look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
MD
Fr
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English |
appear gentle or innocent while typically being the opposite |
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to look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards
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Español |
Said to someone who is unkempt and whose hair needs brushing. |
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to look away
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English |
To turn one’s gaze away from someone |
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to look down
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
Bajar los hojos por humildad, modestia |
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to look jaundiced
MD
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English |
Refers to a sickly yellowish colour of the skin, which is abnormal. |
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to look like a barrel
F
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
to be fat |
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to look like a beached whale
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
For a person —or a pet— to be so fat that their individual features are almost indistinguishable, and movement is severely restricted or impossible without assistance. |
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to look like a clown
F
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
to use too much makeup (Pintarse mucho la cara) |
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to look like a dalmatian
MD
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English |
To have a lot of freckles or spots/beauty marks/moles. |
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to look like a lobster
MD
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English |
To have very red, sunburnt skin. |
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to look like a raccoon
MD
|
English |
Have pronounced dark circles. |
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to look like a skeleton
MD
Fr
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English |
to be thin |
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to look like a string bean
F
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to be thin |
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to look like death warmed over
MD
Fr
|
English |
To look or feel very ill (Aspecto poco saludable) |
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to look like death warmed up
MD
Fr
|
English |
To look or feel very ill (Aspecto poco saludable) |
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to look like hell
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
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to look like rudolph
MD
|
English |
To have a really red nose. |
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to look like something the cat brought in
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English |
to look very untidy or dirty |
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to look like the wreck of the hesperus
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English |
Used to describe the appearance of an untidy or bedraggled person |
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to look over
MD
|
English |
Mirar por encima |
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to look sb up and down
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Mirar con aire de superioridad |
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to look the picture of health
|
English |
To be in good health, to look very healthy |
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to lose count
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To miss information about something in a certain moment |
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to lose faith
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To leave believing that something is going to happen |
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to lose hope
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To be unable to find hope |
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to lose mind
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
To become crazy or confused |
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to lose one's marbles
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English |
If someone loses their marbles, they become mentally confused, or no longer behave sensibly or rationally. |
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to lose one’s self-control
Nu
MD
Fr
|
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To be unable to control one's feelings or actions. Lack restraint.
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to lose track
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to have/not have information about what is happening or where somebody/something is |
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to lose your bearings
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to be unable to stop yourself from crying, laughing, etc; to become crazy |
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to lose your strings
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
to become momentarily crazy |
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to make a blue
|
English |
In Australian parlance, it can mean to make a mistake |
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to make a blunder
|
English |
To make a stupid or careless mistake |
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to make a boo-boo
|
English |
To make a silly or trivial mistake |
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to make a case for sth
MD
|
English |
To argue that something is the best thing to do, giving your reasons. |
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to make a dead set at someone
|
English |
To have a firm purpose |
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to make a faux pas
|
English |
To say or do something that is a social mistake or not polite |
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to make a killing
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English |
Ganar mucho dinero |
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to make a living
|
English |
Trabajar para vivir, ganarse la vida |
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to make a mess of
|
English |
To ruin (something) or make many mistakes in doing (something) |
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to make a mint
|
English |
Ganar mucho dinero |
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to make a mistake
|
English |
To do something incorrectly or erroneously; to make an error of some kind |
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to make a pig of (oneself)
|
English |
To eat too much food in one sitting or to eat sloppily. |
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to make a pig's ear of
|
English |
To do something badly, wrongly, or awkwardly |
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to make a quick buck
F
|
English |
Vivir a costa de otros |
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to make a slip of the pen
|
English |
A minor mistake in writing (or speech) |
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to make a supreme effort
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
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to make ends meet
|
English |
Ahorrar dinero porque tienes muy poco |
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to make ends meet
|
English |
Tener muy poco dinero para sobrevivir |
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to make every effort
|
English |
To make every effort and to pay as much attention as possible |