vaso-1
glass ; tumbler.
This city tour will end at the TV tower of Berlin to watch the colours of the city changing when the sun sets while enjoying a glass of German sparkling wine.
Put the arrowroot into a tumbler, sweeten it with lump sugar, and flavour it with cinnamon, or a piece of lemon-peel, or 3 tablespoonfuls of port or sherry.
ahogarse en un vaso de agua
make + a mountain out of a molehill
get + worked up about nothing
fret about + nothing
'After all,' he thought to himself, 'I may be making a mountain out of a molehill in this thing'.
Here's why I think this really was a mistake, and why we're getting worked up about nothing in this particular instance.
I suggest that we are fretting about nothing and that we would do well to go with the flow and let the systems be introduced, as has been proposed.
la gota que colmó el vaso
the straw that broke the camel's back
They've had their differences of opinion, but recently there was a blow-up that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
ser la gota que colma el vaso
bring + the situation to a head
But it was the government, rather than the workers and their bosses, who brought the situation to a head.
una tormenta en un vaso de agua
a tempest in a teapot
The article 'Outsourcing: a tempest in a teapot' argues that the difference between contracting out in the past and outsourcing today is only one of name.
vaso de chupito
shot glass
We ran out of shot glasses so who decided to just use the bottle.
vaso de laboratorio
beaker
Beakers are naturally one of the most essential tools in an average lab.
vaso de licor
shot glass
We ran out of shot glasses so who decided to just use the bottle.
vaso de precipitaciones
beaker
Beakers are naturally one of the most essential tools in an average lab.
vaso de vino
glass of wine
Staying out late, lots of glasses of wine and having way too much fun has resulted in us both feeling under the weather all weekend long.