bicho
critter ; bug.
The article is entitled 'Dogs, ponies and conservation critters in Arizona'.
In this videotape, students learn about the similar characteristics that all bugs share and compare them to their close cousins, the arachnids.
bicho malo
nasty piece of work
Mary, on the other hand, is a nasty piece of work who is at her best is frosty and aloof and at her worst is hostile and cruel.
bicho malo nunca muere
a bad penny always turns up
turn up like + a bad penny
look what the cat (has) dragged in!
However, like my professor likes to say, 'A bad penny always turns up'.
To make matters worse, Rebecca seems to be after Mark, turning up like a bad penny at every social event that he and Bridget are attending.
When I said hello he turned to his gaggle of friends and said 'look what the cat dragged in!' or something lame like that.
bicho raro [Generalmente referido a una persona que dedica la mayor parte de su tiempo a la tecnología y que en consecuencia carece de las habilidades sociales necesarias para relacionarse con los demás]
flake
freak
oddball [odd ball]
kooky
rare bird
odd bird
odd fish
freak of nature
rare breed
weirdo
nerd
geek
nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.]
geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.]
It's not altogether its fault because the critics have been so far more or less characterized as freaks and flakes who are not to be taken seriously.
It's not altogether its fault because the critics have been so far more or less characterized as freaks and flakes who are not to be taken seriously.
Some librarians think people making these kinds of requests for responsive, contemporaneous headings, and for different cataloging practices are sort of kooky, unrealistic, oddballs.
Some librarians think people making these kinds of requests for responsive, contemporaneous headings, and for different cataloging practices are sort of kooky, unrealistic, oddballs.
Variously described as information consultant, resource person, intelligence officer, communication scientist, etc, they are still rare birds.
This type of service is an odd bird in an IT (Information Technology) company.
The biographer controls the innumerable aspects of Buchan's life in an exemplary manner, without losing sight of the fact that Buchan was 'a very odd fish indeed'.
Despite statistics showing their phenomenal growth and use, on-line data bases in US libraries are still somewhat a freak of nature.
At the same time, all her friends are sports freaks, and they're a rare breed.
The novel often has an unjustified negative image as a book only loved by weirdos and social outcasts.
A stereotypical image of a teenage nerd emerged in the drawings of secondary students but not in elementary children's drawings.
The book has the title 'The geek's guide to Internet business success'.
I've always considered myself something of a nerd, even back when being nerdy wasn't cool - nowadays, everyone thinks they're a nerd.
At the heart of the novel is a geeky high-school student who lives in Preston, Idaho.
infestado de bichos
bug-ridden
For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.
ni un bicho viviente
not a single soul
not a living soul
This ring possessed so much power that not a single soul wanted to take on the responsibility of destroying it.
There was not a living soul in view, but suddenly we saw a woman in a kerchief, felt boots and short fur coat.
todo bicho viviente
every living soul
everyone and their mother
every Tom, Dick and Harry
every single soul
The inherent nature of man is ever seeking to express itself in terms of freedom, because freedom is the birthright of every living Soul.
Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.
It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
And as far as one knows, every single soul kept their mouths shut throughout the war about what they were doing.