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término		definición
a bad break empezar lección		a misfortune/ a serious bone fracture
a bad hair day empezar lección		a day on which everything seems to go wrong
a bigger bang for your buck empezar lección		better value for your money
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush empezar lección		it is much safer to be content with things you have at the moment than take risks and try to reach more in the future
a blessing in disguise empezar lección		when something bad happens at first we do not see that there are also good points in the situation
a chip on one's shoulder empezar lección		to be disappointed with something that occurred in the past
ad lib empezar lección		to improvise/ to extemporize
a dime a dozen empezar lección		something ordinary and common
a doubting Thomas empezar lección		a person who doesn’t believe anything without evidence; a sceptic
a drop in the bucket empezar lección		small amount
a fool and his money are easily parted empezar lección		fools spend money easily
a man after my own heart empezar lección		a kindred spirit/ someone who thinks as I do
a sledgehammer to crack a nut empezar lección		the use of excessive resources to overcome a small problem
a skeleton in the closet (cupboard) empezar lección		a secret and possibly ruinous source of shame
a sight for sore eyes empezar lección		a welcome sight that you weren’t expecting
a stich in time (saves nine) empezar lección		a small effort made at the right time might save a calamity later on
against the grain empezar lección		when you do or say sth that is opposite to what other people do or say/ opposite to what you usually do or say
a house divided against itself cannot stand empezar lección		it means that if there is a conflict and confrontations between members of a group it will soon fall apart
a leopard can't change its spots empezar lección		it is very difficult for a person to change his/hers manners; character; way of thinking
all along empezar lección		all the time
all of a sudden empezar lección		suddenly
a hot potato empezar lección		any difficult situation, occasion or issue
a penny for your thoughts empezar lección		you say this phrase when you would like to hear someone’s opinion
a penny saved is a penny earned empezar lección		it means that it is more important and wiser to save money rather than to spend it
a picture paints a thousand words empezar lección		a picture or a photo can tell more about a person than words
a piece of cake empezar lección		used to describe something easy
a slap on the wrist empezar lección		a light punishment
a toss-up empezar lección		sometimes there is a situation when two or more things happen to be equal
above board empezar lección		thruthful; straight; candid
actions speak louder than worlds empezar lección		actions are more significant than words
Achilles' heel empezar lección		a fatal weakness in an otherwise strong person or thing
add insult to injury empezar lección		to further a loss/ to make a bad situation worse
add fuel to the fire empezar lección		when a situation becomes worse/ also to make someone already agry get angrier
against the clock empezar lección		in a hurry/ when you work against time
ain’t my first rodeo empezar lección		said by someone who has experience of a situation
all bark and no bite empezar lección		when someone talks more than actually does
all in the same boat empezar lección		when several people have the same problem
an arm and a leg empezar lección		a lot of money
apple of my eye empezar lección		a person who is a treasure for somebody
as high as a kite empezar lección		to feel excited about sth/ also to feel excited because of being drunk
at the drop of a hat empezar lección		immediately

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