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to put one's head in the lion's mouth
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English |
To place oneself in a dangerous position
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to put one’s finger on the sore spot
F
|
English |
to say something that causes a lot of annoyance; to bring up what hurts the most |
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to put someone in prison
F
|
English |
Estar en la cárcel, en prisión, encarcelado / to be in jail, in prison |
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to put the knife in
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to put the knife into
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to put up with anything
|
English |
Not to surrender before adversity, to persist
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to put/give/set one's mind on something
|
English |
To have a firm purpose |
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to put/set the cat among the pigeons
|
English |
To say or do something that causes trouble or makes a lot of people very angry. |
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to quake in my boots
F
|
English |
To be very frightened or anxious about something that is about to happen |
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to quake in one's boot
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English |
To be petrified, terrified, panic-stricken; to be scared out of one's wits. The expression is often applied figuratively to corporate as well as indivivual bodies. |
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to rain in torrents
Ct
Nu
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English |
Llover mucho, copiosamente |
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to rake it in
Fr
|
English |
Ganar mucho dinero |
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to reach one's majority
Nu
Fr
|
English |
to reach the age of majority |
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to reach the age of majority
Fr
|
English |
to reach the age of majority |
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to really lay into sb
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
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to receive a visit from the stork
|
English |
To give birth to a child. |
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to relinquish
MD
|
English |
To give up something such as a responsibility or claim |
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to reproach sb for sth
|
English |
To impute blame to (a person) for an action or fault; rebuke |
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to reproach sb for sth
|
English |
If you reproach someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset or angry
because they have done something wrong |
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to rest on one's laurels
|
English |
To let oneself go, to abandon oneself, to stop making efforts after getting a triumph |
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to rig something
|
English |
If something is rigged, especially a vote or an election, it is dishonestly arranged so that a person or group gets the result they want. |
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to ring the changes
|
English |
Variation in one's behaviour or language
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to rip into
|
English |
To attack or criticize someone or something with great force. |
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to rip off someone
|
English |
To make someone pay much more for something than it is worth. |
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to rip somebody off
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Cobrar demasiado dinero por un servicio, un trabajo que no tiene tanto valor. |
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to rip someone off
|
English |
To make someone pay much more for something than it is worth. |
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to rip to shreds
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to risk one's neck
|
English |
To take a risk |
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to rock out with (one's) cock out
|
English |
(vulgar slang)
To party, especially in a wild, crazy, or uninhibited manner. |
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to rot in jail
F
|
English |
Estar en la cárcel, en prisión, encarcelado / to be in jail, in prison |
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to rot in prision
F
|
English |
Estar en la cárcel, en prisión, encarcelado / to be in jail, in prison |
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to rub salt into the wound
F
|
English |
to say something that causes a lot of annoyance; to bring up what hurts the most |
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to run down
|
English |
To criticize something or someone, often unfairly. |
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to run on a hamster wheel
|
English |
Llevar a cabo una actividad que te mantiene ocupado pero no da ningún resultado
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to run oneself into the ground
|
English |
Agotarse por completo, trabajar hasta el agotamiento
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to run/take the risk
|
English |
To take a risk |
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to rush into [doing]
F
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
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to save the dough
F
|
English |
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to say something bluntly
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
decir algo a bocajarro, sin pensarlo |
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to say something without mincing one´s words
|
English |
Say something without thinking |
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to say sth without really meaning it
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
Decir algo sin deseo de hacer lo que se promete |
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to say uncle
MD
|
English |
to concede defeat |
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to say what is on one´s mind
MD
Fr
|
English |
decir lo que a uno le pasa por la cabeza |
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to scare (someone or an animal) to death
|
English |
1. Lit. to frighten a living creature badly enough to cause death. 2. Fig. to frighten someone severely |
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to scare one out of one's mind
|
English |
To frighten one very badly |
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to scare one out of one's wit
Ct
|
English |
Oh! That loud noise scared me out of my wits.
|
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to scare someone out of a year's growth
Ct
|
English |
To frighten one very badly |
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to scare the crap out of someone
Ct
|
English |
To frighten someone very badly. |
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to scare the daylights out of someone
|
English |
To frighten someone very much. |
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to scare the devil out of someone
Ct
|
English |
To scare someone very badly |