brazo-1
arm.
The other rooms on the third, second and first levels have a mixture of stacking chairs with writing board arms.
abrir los brazos
spread + hands
'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.
agitar los brazos
wave + Posesivo + arms
She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
bajar los brazos
lower + Posesivo + guard
drop + Posesivo + guard
drop + Posesivo + defences
lower + Posesivo + defences
relax + Posesivo + vigilance
The authors examined whether Machiavellianism moderates the use of sandbagging - a manipulative strategy in which people display low ability to induce an opponent to reduce effort or lower his or her guard.
Repeatedly throughout history, free men - having won the fight, having acquired precious rights and privileges which freedom brings - have dropped their guard.
Now he has dropped his defences AJ walks around his old stamping ground without fear.
Medieval physicians thought that an old man's blood became dry and cold - a state which lowered his defences and increased the risk of infection.
They waited with baneful patience, ready to take hold of him the moment he relaxed his vigilance.
bajo el brazo
under + Posesivo + arm
In those days, he was a fancy-free young American, living out of a suitcase with a red and green camera always under his arm.
con los brazos abiertos
with open arms
It's in those times that we need nothing more than to embrace life's promise of positivity with open arms.
con un solo brazo
one-armed
Eventually adding more players - all one-armed individuals - the group played violins, cellos, guitars, piano and drums.
cruzar los brazos
fold + Posesivo + arms
cross + Posesivo + arms
She settled back in her chair and folded her arms.
She crossed her arms over her chest, and his gaze went automatically to her breasts.
cruzarse de brazos
sit back
fold + Posesivo + arms
go along with + the flow
sit on + Posesivo + hands
stand + idly by
ALA or its subdivision have been sitting back while these powerful people get together and decide what should be good for us.
She settled back in her chair and folded her arms.
Finally, we have someone who is not just folding his arms and going along with the flow.
She was all excited about the relationship and possibly the engagement but she sat on her hands and did nothing to make things better.
Do not stand idly by while your neighbor's blood is shed.
dar a Alguien una mano y te cogen el brazo
give + Pronombre + an inch and + Pronombre + take a mile
And though it was a terrible tragedy in Madrid, to pull out of Iraq would be to give in to the terrorists, give them and inch and they'll take a mile, we've got to show them that our spirit will not be broken.
dar el brazo a torcer
give in to
The committee gave in to art librarians in agreeing that the artist is not necessarily the author of the reproductions of his or her own works.
dar el brazo derecho
give + Posesivo + right arm
I can't help but feel gutted that people who would give their right arm to be there probably won't get tickets.
dar la bienvenida con los brazos abiertos
welcome + Nombre + with open arms
To his relief, they welcomed him back with open arms and had a big party.
dar + Posesivo + brazo a torcer
change + Posesivo + mind
The latter reasons may be further subdivided into those operations in which we expect that we shall have reasonable provocation to change our minds.
de un solo brazo
one-armed
Eventually adding more players - all one-armed individuals - the group played violins, cellos, guitars, piano and drums.
estar de brazos cruzados
stand + idle
sit + idle
sit + idly
sit around
twiddle + Posesivo + thumbs
A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.
Unused school buildings sit idle as ravages of time take toll.
The police and the University rector cannot be blamed for following the law but the government should not sit idly and should work quickly to revamp the laws.
That's for those who like to sit around and talk about ideas and idly stroking each other but don't like to put their balls on the line and do things.
We don't want people to sit around twiddling their thumbs - it's not good for their thumbs and it's not good for our community = No queremos a gente que se cruce de brazos sin hacer nada; no es nada bueno ni para sus brazos ni para nuestra comunidad.
estirar los brazos
stretch + Posesivo + arms
Drew Pope put down his pencil, pushed back in his chair, stretched his arms overhead, and swung in a half-circle so he could look out the window.
flexión de brazos
push-up
If a standard push-up is too difficult, you can start by doing push-ups against a wall, a table or a sturdy chair.
hacer flexiones de brazos
do + push-ups
If a standard push-up is too difficult, you can start by doing push-ups against a wall, a table or a sturdy chair.
lucha a brazo partido
hand-to-hand fight
They are obviously in love with the same man, and the hand-to-hand fight is the traditional gypsy way to solve the dispute.
luchar a brazo partido
fight + tooth and nail
fight + hand to hand
go at it + hammer and tongs
In fact, it was the right-wing that fought tooth and nail against those who sought to outlaw child labor in this country.
Sgt. Joe Harris and a cornered burglar fought hand-to-hand in the struggle leading to their deaths from gunshot wounds.
The second half commenced as before with both teams going at it hammer and tongs.
luchar a brazo partido para defender
fight + tooth and nail to defend
I know folk are very passionate about politics and can fight tooth and nail to defend their particular ideological stance.
pelea a brazo partido
hand-to-hand fight
They are obviously in love with the same man, and the hand-to-hand fight is the traditional gypsy way to solve the dispute.
pelear a brazo partido
fight + tooth and nail
fight + tooth and nail
fight + hand to hand
go at it + hammer and tongs
In fact, it was the right-wing that fought tooth and nail against those who sought to outlaw child labor in this country.
In fact, it was the right-wing that fought tooth and nail against those who sought to outlaw child labor in this country.
Sgt. Joe Harris and a cornered burglar fought hand-to-hand in the struggle leading to their deaths from gunshot wounds.
The second half commenced as before with both teams going at it hammer and tongs.
permanecer de brazos cruzados
stand + idly by
Do not stand idly by while your neighbor's blood is shed.
quedarse con los brazos cruzados
take + Nombre + lying down
sit + tight
The Archer administration may be a lame duck, but it's still not taking shots lying down.
All we can do is sit tight, accept cuts in our living standards, and wait for better times to return.
quedarse de brazos cruzados
stand + idly by
Do not stand idly by while your neighbor's blood is shed.
recibir con los brazos abiertos
welcome + Nombre + with open arms
To his relief, they welcomed him back with open arms and had a big party.
sentarse cruzado de brazos
sit on + Posesivo + hands
She was all excited about the relationship and possibly the engagement but she sat on her hands and did nothing to make things better.
sentarse de brazos cruzados
sit + idle
sit + idly
sit around
twiddle + Posesivo + thumbs
Unused school buildings sit idle as ravages of time take toll.
The police and the University rector cannot be blamed for following the law but the government should not sit idly and should work quickly to revamp the laws.
That's for those who like to sit around and talk about ideas and idly stroking each other but don't like to put their balls on the line and do things.
We don't want people to sit around twiddling their thumbs - it's not good for their thumbs and it's not good for our community = No queremos a gente que se cruce de brazos sin hacer nada; no es nada bueno ni para sus brazos ni para nuestra comunidad.