echar
throw ; toss ; sack ; give + Nombre + the boot ; boot (out) ; give + Nombre + the sack ; send + Nombre + packing ; turf out ; give off ; billow out ; spout ; send away ; kick + Nombre + out.
The point to be made for the novice abstractor is that editors are not ghouls who must be thrown raw meat before a check is issued.
Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed.
The author warns that shortsighted companies that believe all the information they need is on the Web may sack information professionals.
He was given the boot for being discovered with a camera taking a photo of hula dancers.
As Hartwick got older, the feds decided he was a major security risk and booted him out of the program.
Justin pointed out that the government would not compromise and those found protecting illegal immigrants would be given the sack.
Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.
You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.
Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.
Nearly everyone has seen a factory's smokestack billowing out black sooty smoke that dirties the air and blackens buildings.
The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.
They sent away from the camp anyone who had an infectious skin disease of any kind.
She was kicked out of a fashion show last week after she allegedly showed up intoxicated for her performance.
culpa + echar a + Nombre
blame + lay + at the feet of + Nombre
The blame could be laid squarely at the feet of R. Boyce Garschine.
echar a Alguien de un Lugar
send + Nombre + on + Posesivo + way
If we caught them necking, we'd give them a verbal warning and send them on their way.
echar a andar
implement
leg it
get + going
get + cracking
get + rolling
be on + Posesivo + way
Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
The book 'Legging it' overviews trends in male and female dress from the Middle Ages to the present, concentrating on leg coverings: breeches, trousers, stockings'.
The thorny extradition treaty between India and Nepal has got going again with the governments of the two neighbouring countries reaching an agreement on the revision.
If they get cracking today, a decision won't be ready until Christmas 2014, and that's working non-stop.
Though they've cooled lately, they showed early in the season that they can be a real threat if they get rolling.
This guide will explain how to change the front axle on your car so you can be on your way in no time!.
echar abajo
knock down
bring down
Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
I've been reading shocking 'reports' for several days now explaining that 'malware brought down a Spanish jet'.
echar a correr
bolt
make + a bolt for
take off + running
take to + Posesivo + heels
run off
tear out
These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
Most birds, faced with a predator, will make a bolt for safety, even if it means abandoning any eggs or chicks in its nest.
But luckily the animals were all fairly timid and with a holler they would take off running.
When the lad heard it he got frightened, and took to his heels as though he were running a race.
She ran off to take out the appropriate protection order against Mr. Pants, considering his intent to kill her.
He soon found that he was talking to air, as the man suddenly tore out of the shop like his trousers were on fire.
echar a la calle
evict
throw + Nombre + out
This printing press was evicted from its premises in 1984 to make way for a seminar room.
'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting his drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!' = "No" se rió Kate, entendiendo lo que él quería decir, y después dijo "!Hubiera irrumpido y les hubiese retado a echarme a la calle!".
echar Algo a andar
get + Nombre + going
get + Nombre + rolling
Their tank had broken down and it was some time before they got it going again.
There's a lot of things that need to be sorted out in that program before they get it rolling.
echar amarras
moor
This procedure when mooring a vessel can be hazardous, especially in heavy seas, since a person must walk forward on deck.
echar anclas
drop + anchor
At nightfall, drop anchor at any place that catch your fancy and the lullaby of the gentle waves put you to sleep.
echar a patadas
kick + Nombre + out
She was kicked out of a fashion show last week after she allegedly showed up intoxicated for her performance.
echar a perder
ruin
bungle
bring out + the worst in
cast + a blight on
blight
put + a damper on
Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.
Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
Heavy and gusty storms will put a damper on the end of the weekend in parts of Texas.
echar a perder la oportunidad de
ruin + Posesivo + chances of
blow + Posesivo + chances of
The crash represented Hamilton's second exit in as many races and this may have ruined his chances of winning the title.
Astro well and truly blew his chances of winning the show with his tantrum a couple of weeks ago.
echar a pique
scuttle
torpedo
Three bills intended to scuttle affirmative action in California were left in dry dock when the committee refused to pass them.
What advantage lay in torpedoing what were bilateral talks in all but name, just as they had got underway?.
echar a suerte
draw + lots
draw of lots
Not long ago, for example, the Dalai Lama drew lots to choose the name of his successor.
In case number of applications received is more than the flats available, allotment is made through draw of lots.
echar a un lado
push aside
She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
echar a volar
take + flight
take + wing
The article 'ALA campaign takes flight @ the local level' reports on a five year public education programme sponsored by the American Library Association to promote all types of libraries throughout the USA.
Unfortunately, he did not live long enough to see his company start to blossom - his vision was only just starting to take wing when he died in 1900.
echar brotes
bud
sprout
Despite below-normal temperatures, nectarines began budding.
Seeds blown by wind or carried by animals germinated and began sprouting green life in the barren area.
echar carnes
put on + weight
gain + weight
She can eat like a horse and never put on weight.
Obesity is a well known problem, however some people really want and need to gain weight.
echar chispas [Usado en sentido figurado para indicar enojo]
fume
froth at + the mouth
foam at + the mouth
fume with + anger
fume with + rage
seethe
seethe with + anger
seethe with + rage
Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.
This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.
All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
Some people, being excessively liverish, cannot refrain from fuming with rage and shouting abuse when they come across stories of injustice, ignorance and foul play in the newspapers.
But Palestinian Arabs have learned that if they seethe publicly about anything, the world media will take them seriously.
Seething with anger, hundreds of people yesterday came out on the roads waving banners, shouting slogans and waving their fists in the air, demanding justice.
Most Iraqis I speak with nowadays are seething with rage towards the occupiers of their country.
echar chispas por los ojos
glower
scowl (at)
The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.
And their doctors continue to scowl at them like they're irresponsible children or greedy criminals.
echar de la escuela
kick out of + school
He feels rotten because he has to face his parents and tell them he was kicked out of yet another school.
echar de menos [Tercera persona singular misses]
miss
He had been her assistant since she arrived, and she was going to miss him.
echar dentro de
throw into
For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.
echar el ancla
drop + anchor
At nightfall, drop anchor at any place that catch your fancy and the lullaby of the gentle waves put you to sleep.
echar el candado
padlock
The five captives told last night how they had been blindfolded by armed guards and padlocked in a room for most of a week.
echar el cenizo
jinx
She's afraid of becoming too involved with anyone for fear that she'll 'jinx' them like she 'jinxed' her husband.
echar el gafe
jinx
She's afraid of becoming too involved with anyone for fear that she'll 'jinx' them like she 'jinxed' her husband.
echar el mal de ojo
give + Nombre + the evil eye
give + Nombre + the stink eye
put + the evil eye on
give + Nombre + a dirty look
lay + a whammy on
Now, generally, if you stare at someone for too long, you may be accused of giving them the evil eye.
You can't choose your family, but you can give them the stink eye and wish they dropped off the face of the earth.
I would also like to know how to put the evil eye on a person as the person in question has contributed in ruining my life and deserves it.
He kept staring so I stared back and then gave him a dirty look and didn't look back.
But if you call them by the name of the thing they are impersonating, you can lay a whammy on them.
echar en
pour in/into
The water of the stuff poured into the middle of the cylinder through its wire-mesh cover, and was immediately pumped out from one end leaving a film of fibres on the surface.
echar en cara
fault
What I would really like to fault her on is not her views on the role of the federal government but on her simplistic view of the online catalog.
echar en marcha [Generalmente, usado para vehículos cuando echan en marcha]
pull out
Because of this, a vehicle pulling out in front of you or attempting to change into your lane should be warned with a toot of the horn.
echar espuma
foam
froth
The hot tub water started to foam and turned yellow.
Thus, one way of improving the frothing capacity of milk is to heat it and cool it before trying to froth it.
echar espuma por la boca
froth at + the mouth
foam at + the mouth
This morning, out of the blue, one of my cats started shaking her head and frothing at the mouth.
My cat got absolutely terrified one time and started to foam at the mouth but as soon as the stimulus went away, she stopped foaming.
echar espumarajos
foam
froth
The hot tub water started to foam and turned yellow.
Thus, one way of improving the frothing capacity of milk is to heat it and cool it before trying to froth it.
echar espumarajos por la boca
froth at + the mouth
foam at + the mouth
This morning, out of the blue, one of my cats started shaking her head and frothing at the mouth.
My cat got absolutely terrified one time and started to foam at the mouth but as soon as the stimulus went away, she stopped foaming.
echar fuera
throw + Nombre + out
'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting his drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!' = "No" se rió Kate, entendiendo lo que él quería decir, y después dijo "!Hubiera irrumpido y les hubiese retado a echarme a la calle!".
echar gasolina
pump + gas
A search is underway for a purse snatcher who has grabbed at least 27 bags from customers pumping gas at gas stations.
echar hojas
leaf out
Deciduous trees are those that loose their leaves each fall, go dormant for the winter, and leaf out again in spring.
echar humo [Verbo irregular: pasado blew, participio blown] [Usado en sentido figurado para indicar enojo]
blow + smoke
fume
steam
smoulder [smolder, -USA]
froth at + the mouth
foam at + the mouth
fume with + anger
fume with + rage
seethe
seethe with + anger
seethe with + rage
He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.
Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.
Here, the earth still steams with the heat of the lava, and gusts of warm air seem to come from nowhere.
The remains of the tin-roofed food stalls still smouldered near the temple and adjoining settlement on a craggy hilltop about 4000 ft high.
This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.
All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
Some people, being excessively liverish, cannot refrain from fuming with rage and shouting abuse when they come across stories of injustice, ignorance and foul play in the newspapers.
But Palestinian Arabs have learned that if they seethe publicly about anything, the world media will take them seriously.
Seething with anger, hundreds of people yesterday came out on the roads waving banners, shouting slogans and waving their fists in the air, demanding justice.
Most Iraqis I speak with nowadays are seething with rage towards the occupiers of their country.
echar humo por las orejas
go + berserk
go + postal
work up + a lather
It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.
echar la bola a rodar
get + the ball rolling
set + the ball rolling
start + the ball rolling
Now is as good a time as any to get the ball rolling.
The moment your alarm goes off, just get up and set the ball rolling!.
That was the incident that started the ball rolling and now things have got out of hand.
echar la culpa
place + blame
fault
This article discusses the worsening acquisitions budget at the library placing blame on the continuing large price increases of periodicals and books.
What I would really like to fault her on is not her views on the role of the federal government but on her simplistic view of the online catalog.
echar la llave
lock up
Rapists should be locked up and kept out of society where they can no longer harm innocent victims.
echar las entrañas
barf (up)
yack (up)
I hate to say this but it's true - she looked like something that a cat barfed up.
I had my head in the toilet yacking up my breakfast when I heard the doorbell ring.
echar las tripas
barf (up)
yack (up)
I hate to say this but it's true - she looked like something that a cat barfed up.
I had my head in the toilet yacking up my breakfast when I heard the doorbell ring.
echarle cara [Intertar hacer algo, probar a hacer algo]
have + a go
put + a brave face on
take + the bull by the horns
brazen out
put on/up + a brave face
give it + a go
have + a whack at
have + a crack at
have + a try
At a greater level of sophistication, the operating system will be able to swap programs in and out of memory in mid-operation in order to let another have a go.
You have to make sure you lead from the front and put a brave face on it during the tough times to bring people with you and get out of it.
The article 'Taking the Bull the the Horns' addresses the educational needs of gifted children in the context of the existing educational system.
The way they tried to stonewall and brazen out the forged document scandal suggests that they didn't realize the extent to which their monopoly was gone.
It's no secret that all Commonwealth Games sites are lagging behind schedule but the organisers are putting on a brave face.
Freshers' week is a festival to launch you into university life and as your first week at University, you should throw yourself into it and give everything a go!.
If you're so inclined you could have a whack at it and report back.
I haven't had a chance to have a crack at it yet but as soon as I do I shall be posting my results.
I just like challenges, especially with problem-solving on vehicles when others have had a try but no joy.
echarle coraje
pluck up + courage
gather up + courage
muster (up) + (the) courage
steel + Reflexivo
nerve + Reflexivo
Left to themselves, children will rarely pluck up courage to visit the library on their own.
By gathering up courage to face their fears, international contractors operating in China may begin to detect new possibilities of doing business there.
Professional library managers must muster the courage to deal with these problems and make their choices.
She steeled herself against the heavy rain, had her keys ready for the door, and made a run for it.
Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are nerving themselves for a confrontation that could turn into a general war if things were to get out of control.
echarle el ojo a [Participio pasado eyeing (UK) o eying (USA)]
eye
The banking community is eyeing its possibilities with serious interest.
echarle huevos
man up
It is time for the country to man up, put aside politics, and do something that is hard, unpopular, dangerous and frightening.
echarle la culpa a
put + the blame on
lay + the blame on
lay + the blame at + Posesivo + door
They should take full responsibility for their own actions and not seek to put the blame on others.
And he lay the blame for the attack fair and square on the shoulders of the US president George W. Bush and the French president.
Although our goalkeepers let it two goals, no blame could and should be laid at their door.
echarle las luces a Alguien
flash + Posesivo + lights
Some woman started driving right up her arse, hooting her horn and flashing her lights.
echarle los perros a
come down on + Nombre + like a ton of bricks
Sometimes the police tolerated them for a bit but sometimes they came down on them like a ton of bricks as soon as they twigged what they were up to.
echarle margaritas a los cerdos
cast pearls before swine
To attempt to draw them into a conversation, search for common ground, or drop the partisan heat is to cast pearls before swin.
echarle muchas narices
have + a lot of bottle
She proved she has a lot of bottle by running a marathon and climbing the UK's highest mountain over two days.
echarle muchos cojones
have + a lot of bottle
She proved she has a lot of bottle by running a marathon and climbing the UK's highest mountain over two days.
echar leña al fuego
pour + oil on the flames
pour + oil on the fire
throw + oil on the flames
throw + oil on the fire
They know that to build bigger audiences, they have to pour oil on the flames and amp up the confrontation.
I disagree with the people saying she shouldn't have tried to step in, as that was 'pouring oil on the fire'.
The US understandably cares about the balance of power in the Caucasus, but why does it need to evoke 1968 and throw oil on the flames?.
The situation is extremely difficult, as we well know, and there are always people in whose interest it is to throw oil on the fire.
echarle una mano a
bat for
go to + bat for
The article 'Batting for the British Library' discusses the scope of the project to develop a new British Library site.
To everyone's surprise he responded that he'would be willing to go to bat for a replacement of some sort'.
echarle valor
pluck up + courage
muster (up) + (the) courage
steel + Reflexivo
nerve + Reflexivo
Left to themselves, children will rarely pluck up courage to visit the library on their own.
Professional library managers must muster the courage to deal with these problems and make their choices.
She steeled herself against the heavy rain, had her keys ready for the door, and made a run for it.
Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are nerving themselves for a confrontation that could turn into a general war if things were to get out of control.
echar los dientes
cut + Posesivo + teeth
'Is he cutting his teeth?' 'Yes,' murmured Fenichka, 'he has cut four teeth already and now the gums are swollen again = "¿Le están saliendo los dientes? "Si," murmuró Fenichka, "le han salido cuatro dientes de momento y ahora las encías están de nuevo inflamadas.
echar los postigos
shutter
Women and children wept as the vast cortege, headed by 150 surpliced clergymen wound its way from the church through the streets in which every shop was shuttered.
echarlo todo a perder
upset + the applecart
It looks like the Board didn't want to upset the applecart and took the easy way out.
echarlo todo a rodar
upset + the applecart
It looks like the Board didn't want to upset the applecart and took the easy way out.
echarlo todo por tierra
upset + the applecart
It looks like the Board didn't want to upset the applecart and took the easy way out.
echar mal de ojo
jinx
She's afraid of becoming too involved with anyone for fear that she'll 'jinx' them like she 'jinxed' her husband.
echar mano a/de
leverage
Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.
echar mano de
fall back on
call into + play
eat into
Having failed apparently with her trump card, she fell back on finesse.
Ethical principles are called into play when deliberating about values, particularly when values run into conflict.
When your customers are slow to pay, it forces you to eat into your cash reserves to pay for raw goods and salaries.
echar mano de + Posesivo + ahorros
dip into + Posesivo + savings
dig into + Posesivo + savings
So she dipped into her meagre savings and bought herself a suit, a blazer, and a couple of conservative shirtdresses.
Terrified her teeth were falling out, she dug into her savings to go to a private dentist.
echar marcha atrás
do + an about-face
back out
back up
If teachers lead the way, perhaps society will do an about-face and begin to recognize the tremendous contributions which they make.
Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.
A train cruising at full speed hit an excavator that had backed up onto the track.
echar miraditas
give + Nombre + the eye
make + eyes at
Rapists often try to blame the victim for dressing too provocatively or 'giving them the eye'.
I found myself next to a red-headed gal who, it turned out, wanted nothing to do with me but make eyes at my pal.
echar muchas horas al día
work + long hours
In the 80s and 90s, I used to work long hours, often fly coast-to-coast on my assignments, and was deadbeat at the end of the day.
echar muchísimo de menos [Utilizado especialmente para dar el pésame] [Generalmente por defunción]
be sorely missed
be sadly missed
He will be sorely missed by all those who knew him and we pass our condolences to those closest to him.
Langer is a great loss to Australia and will be sadly missed.
echar muchísimo en falta [Utilizado especialmente para dar el pésame] [Generalmente por defunción]
be sorely missed
be sadly missed
He will be sorely missed by all those who knew him and we pass our condolences to those closest to him.
Langer is a great loss to Australia and will be sadly missed.
echar mucho de menos [Utilizado especialmente para dar el pésame] [Generalmente por defunción]
be sorely missed
be sadly missed
He will be sorely missed by all those who knew him and we pass our condolences to those closest to him.
Langer is a great loss to Australia and will be sadly missed.
echar mucho en falta [Utilizado especialmente para dar el pésame] [Generalmente por defunción]
be sorely missed
be sadly missed
He will be sorely missed by all those who knew him and we pass our condolences to those closest to him.
Langer is a great loss to Australia and will be sadly missed.
echar poco a poco
dribble
Beaten stuff was dribbled steadily across the width of an endless belt of woven wire which carried it away from the vat in an even film = La pasta de papel goteaba constantemente sobrre una cinta sin fin hecha de tela metálica, o tamiz, que la transportaba desde la tina formando una capa uniforme.
echar por alto
bungle
Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.
echar por encima
top with
Place one shortcake on a plate, top with about half of the peaches and whipped cream .
echar por la borda
go by + the board
jettison
If the principle of a free service goes by the board, every idea of an equal service to all will go by the board with it, with the consequent bad effect on publishing houses, bookshops and authors = Si se rechaza el principio de los servicios gratuitos, también se rechazará toda idea sobre un servicio igualitario para todos, con el consiguiente efecto negativo sobre las casas editoriales, las librerías y los autores.
The whole usually has more meaning than the sum of its parts, but care must be taken not to jettison some of the more subtle parts.
echar por tierra
scupper
blight
cast + a blight on
blow + Nombre + out of the water
blow + Nombre + sky high
scuttle
torpedo
knock + the bottom out of
This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
Tall television towers and large skyscrapers blow the 'lightning never strikes twice' myth out of the water.
This is all that can be done at this point to prevent the current violence from blowing sky-high, destabilising the region, and sending oil prices into the stratosphere.
Three bills intended to scuttle affirmative action in California were left in dry dock when the committee refused to pass them.
What advantage lay in torpedoing what were bilateral talks in all but name, just as they had got underway?.
The aggravated situation provides new arguments for supporters of military intervention, and knocks the bottom out of the adherents of the diplomatic process.
echar por tierra las ilusiones
shatter + Posesivo + hopes
The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
echar por tierra los planes de Alguien
spike + Posesivo + guns
As Richman goes to tedious lengths to build a damning portrait of the obnoxious reporter, Chas delves into Laurenge's past, trying to find some way of spiking his guns.
echar por tierra una idea
crush + idea
This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the 'risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.
echar por votación
vote + Nombre + off the island
Psychologist have found that unselfish workers who are the first to throw their hat in the ring are also among those that coworkers most want to, in effect, vote off the island.
echar + Posesivo + planes a perder
upset + Posesivo + plans
ruin + Posesivo + plans
spoil + Posesivo + plans
The trouble for all the imperialist scoundrels is that working people keep upsetting their plans.
She has filed a lawsuit against the actor and his business manager for allegedly ruining her plans to sell her house.
She agreed but threatened that the deal was off as long as there was still a witness who could spoil her plans.
echar raíces
settle down
root
A once closed society suddenly opened its doors to allow other ethnic groups to come in and settle down in their midst, which led to many cross-marriages.
Even in mathematics the examples are all practical, rooted in the garden behind the school where the children grow crops.
echar sal
salt
My aubergines are softer and richer in flavour and you'd have to be a pretty poor cook not to realise you need to rinse them after salting.
echar sal en la herida
add + salt to injury
add + salt to the wound
add + insult to injury
rub + salt in the wound
Retailers are just adding salt to injury by rack up the price even more.
To add salt to the wound, weaknesses and vulnerabilities in computers have grown over 4 times in the past two years.
It seems McDonalds are seeking to add insult to injury by negotiating directly with non-union staff.
He even rubbed salt in the wound when he indicated that Obama could turn on that 'Negro dialect' whenever it suited his demagogic purposes.
echarse
stretch out
lie down
He put away twice as much wine as usual and it went to his head, so he stretched out on his bed for a nap.
They stopped or lay down or wallowed frequently just before the crossing point on the river.
echarse a la calle
take to + the road
take (to) + the streets
spill (out) into + the streets
go out into + the street
hit + the streets
come out on + the roads
Sometimes, individuals, often alcoholics, bastards or others stigmatized by society, 'took to the road'.
It won't be long before Singaporeans take to the streets in protest.
Tens of thousands of immigrants spilled out into the streets in dozens of cities across the nation Monday in peaceful protests.
You see, it's easy to sit here at a keyboard and call for revolution, but how about going out into the street and actually starting it?.
This highly anticipated follow-up album is due to hit the streets shortly, and not a minute too soon.
Seething with anger, hundreds of people yesterday came out on the roads waving banners, shouting slogans and waving their fists in the air, demanding justice.
echarse al mundo
go out into + the world
Going out into the world busking as a street performer can be a very rewarding experience.
echarse al ruedo
throw + Posesivo + hat in(to) the ring
toss + Posesivo + hat in(to) the ring
throw + Posesivo + cap in(to) the ring
toss + Posesivo + cap in(to) the ring
Psychologist have found that unselfish workers who are the first to throw their hat in the ring are also among those that coworkers most want to, in effect, vote off the island.
With the war dragging on in Europe, it became apparent that the United States was going to 'toss its hat in the ring' and send troops to the war zone.
He says he will accept whatever outcome the 2011 election brings even if he decides to throw his cap in the ring.
She's ever willing to help and never afraid to toss her cap into the ring when the need arises.
echarse a perder
go off
go + bad
go to + pot
A lot depends on how dry the weather is outside because humidity is a real enemy and enables bacteria to quickly make the meat go off.
Cooking wine has salt in it so it does not go bad after you open it.
Alesha tells Laila that she's getting on her wick because it started off so well and went to pot.
echarse a temblar con sólo pensar en
shudder at + the thought of
I shudder at the thought of actually having to live in one of these God-forsaken places.
echarse atrás
draw back
draw back
chicken out (on/of)
back out
get + cold feet
backpedal [back-pedal]
funk it
funk
back down
repent
lose + Posesivo + bottle
back off
When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.
The author looks at the reasons and purposes why some scholarly publishers have launched electronic projects (e-projects) while others have drawn back.
So basically they are chickening out of the debate.
Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.
The important thing is to be true to yourself, but should you get cold feet at the eleventh hour remember that there could be serious financial implications as well as emotional ones.
It will be interesting to see if he chooses to backpedal on their stance on this report, now that the administration has made its own stance clear.
The others should have gone but they funked it and we didn't feel like going ourselves but we had promised.
Although he did not admit it, I could see that he funked going out there alone.
He became known as a tough guy who wouldn't back down from any fisticuffs.
In contrast, Heidegger never repented his presumptuousness.
She is alleged to have said she intended to leave home but at the last minute 'lost her bottle' .
When she got stressed we would back off until she showed interest again a few weeks later.
echarse contra Algo
press + Posesivo + back against
A slow burn began in her toes and worked its way up her body as he turned and pressed her back against the wall of the hallway.
echarse encima de
bear down on
Somehow, some way, officials were getting early evacuees out of harm's way as Hurricane Gustav bore down on the central Louisiana coast.
echarse en la cama
lie in + bed
In order to study the long-term effects of gravity on the human body, NASA is looking for a few good lazy people to lie in bed all day sleeping.
echarse flores
blow + Posesivo + own trumpet
Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.
echarse hacia atrás
lie back
Lisa lay back, her hair spilling across the pillow, without a stitch on, wondering how she could feel so completely at ease with him.
écharsele a Uno el día encima
make + hay while the sun shines
The villagers are using this break in the weather to dig themselves out as much as possible and so the streets are full of dozers and shovels etc,. 'Making hay while the sun shines'.
echársele encima a
come down (hard) on
Of course they couldn't possibly come down on the lazy liggers of society - they will come down hard on the people that really need financial help.
echarse para atrás
lie back
Lisa lay back, her hair spilling across the pillow, without a stitch on, wondering how she could feel so completely at ease with him.
echarse responsabilidades
take on + responsibility
Some employees just put in time, doing enough to get by, but never really trying to take on responsibility or learn anything new.
echarse una cabezada
get + forty winks
get + some shut-eye
snatch + some shut-eye
grab + some shut-eye
snatch + forty winks
grab + forty winks
take + forty winks
Studying in bed is a no-no, since at any instant at all you could get forty winks even without meaning to.
This poor baby is just trying to get some shut-eye, but dad's epic snoring is getting in the way.
After a night of endless attempts to snatch some shut-eye we managed to exhaust the night by stargazing out the open window.
Go home, grab some shut-eye then meet same place same time tomorrow.
One slept, the other didn't but I was so tired, that I also couldn't help but snatch forty winks.
I used to think that catching the 05:50 bus to work was inconvenient until I learned to grab forty winks along the way.
I could turn off at the next exit and try to find some lay-by, where I can take forty winks.
echarse una cabezadita
get + forty winks
get + some shut-eye
snatch + some shut-eye
grab + some shut-eye
snatch + forty winks
grab + forty winks
take + forty winks
snooze
doze
have + a snooze
have + a kip
have + a doze
have + a nap
Studying in bed is a no-no, since at any instant at all you could get forty winks even without meaning to.
This poor baby is just trying to get some shut-eye, but dad's epic snoring is getting in the way.
After a night of endless attempts to snatch some shut-eye we managed to exhaust the night by stargazing out the open window.
Go home, grab some shut-eye then meet same place same time tomorrow.
One slept, the other didn't but I was so tired, that I also couldn't help but snatch forty winks.
I used to think that catching the 05:50 bus to work was inconvenient until I learned to grab forty winks along the way.
I could turn off at the next exit and try to find some lay-by, where I can take forty winks.
A burglar in Toronto was caught snoozing in front of a TV in a house that he had just broken into.
After dozing for an hour or two in a chair he got up and was as brisk and as lively as ever.
She's having a snooze right now so I will try it when she wakes up.
The latest experience was just this afternoon when I was having a kip on the couch.
Be sure to taste locally-produced cheese, bread, chorizo, olives and wine - and then have a doze in the cool shade of the trees.
But now they are eleven and eight - they can take care of themselves while their mummy has a nap.
echarse una cana al aire
have + a fling
The most obvious downside to having a fling is the fact that it is short term.
echarse una canita al aire
have + a fling
The most obvious downside to having a fling is the fact that it is short term.
echarse una siesta
take + a nap
nap
napping
kip
I find that we are so linked to the computer that when the computer takes a nap we just sit there staring into space.
This new & novel US workplace initiative to nap on the job is contrasted with the recent marked decline of the siesta in Mexico, Spain, & Italy.
Factors with contributed to daytime sleepiness included female sex, middle age, napping, insomnia symptoms, high daily caffeine consumption.
She sunbathed in the garden while her dog, preferring the cool of the house, had been kipping on the settee as usual.
echarse una siestecita
snooze
doze
have + a snooze
have + a kip
have + a doze
have + a nap
A burglar in Toronto was caught snoozing in front of a TV in a house that he had just broken into.
After dozing for an hour or two in a chair he got up and was as brisk and as lively as ever.
She's having a snooze right now so I will try it when she wakes up.
The latest experience was just this afternoon when I was having a kip on the couch.
Be sure to taste locally-produced cheese, bread, chorizo, olives and wine - and then have a doze in the cool shade of the trees.
But now they are eleven and eight - they can take care of themselves while their mummy has a nap.
echarse una siestita
snooze
doze
have + a snooze
have + a kip
have + a doze
have + a nap
A burglar in Toronto was caught snoozing in front of a TV in a house that he had just broken into.
After dozing for an hour or two in a chair he got up and was as brisk and as lively as ever.
She's having a snooze right now so I will try it when she wakes up.
The latest experience was just this afternoon when I was having a kip on the couch.
Be sure to taste locally-produced cheese, bread, chorizo, olives and wine - and then have a doze in the cool shade of the trees.
But now they are eleven and eight - they can take care of themselves while their mummy has a nap.
echarse un duelo
duel
It ain't a western if you can't rob a stagecoach, rustle some cattle, or duel at high noon.
echarse un polvo
have + sex (with)
A while ago I experienced redness around my urinary meatus and my urologist said that it was normal to have that once you start having sex.
echarse un pulso
arm wrestling
Appropriate for both regular and special classes, activities include arm wrestling, ball games, and jumping jacks.
echarse un rato
have + a lie down
I was feeling a little tired so had a lie down on the sofa and began planning my last evening at home.
echarse un sueñecito
get + forty winks
get + some shut-eye
snatch + some shut-eye
grab + some shut-eye
snatch + forty winks
grab + forty winks
take + forty winks
Studying in bed is a no-no, since at any instant at all you could get forty winks even without meaning to.
This poor baby is just trying to get some shut-eye, but dad's epic snoring is getting in the way.
After a night of endless attempts to snatch some shut-eye we managed to exhaust the night by stargazing out the open window.
Go home, grab some shut-eye then meet same place same time tomorrow.
One slept, the other didn't but I was so tired, that I also couldn't help but snatch forty winks.
I used to think that catching the 05:50 bus to work was inconvenient until I learned to grab forty winks along the way.
I could turn off at the next exit and try to find some lay-by, where I can take forty winks.
echarse un trago
tipple
take + a swig
take + a swill
She was beginning to suspect that perhaps Ashenden had tippled one too many.
The media creates the image that solutions to stress can come from popping a pill or taking a swig from a bottle.
They advise that children should be encouraged to take a swill of water and rinse it around their teeth after eating sweets.
echar suertes
draw + lots
Not long ago, for example, the Dalai Lama drew lots to choose the name of his successor.
echar tiempo
put in + time
Some employees just put in time, doing enough to get by, but never really trying to take on responsibility or learn anything new.
echar toda la carne en el asador
put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket
shoot (for) + the moon
go for + broke
go + all out
They agree that serials librarians do need vendors and that using more than one vendor is preferable to putting all of one's eggs in one basket.
Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed.
The article 'Going for broke' reports on the Association of Assistant Librarians National Student Conference held at Manchester Polytechnic, Feb 87.
The police are going all out to curb rising road accidents in the country.
echar una bronca
tell + Nombe + off
give + Nombre + a dressing-down
give + Nombre + a telling-off
chew + Nombre + up
bite + Posesivo + head off
jump down + Posesivo + throat
snap + Posesivo + head off
tear + a strip + Nombre
Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.
A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.
A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him - sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives.
I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being.
The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us - it was so uncomfortable.
Jenkins was actually in tears because you tore a strip off her for handing in a report ten minutes late!.
echar una buena bronca
give + Nombre + a good roasting
come down on + Nombre + like a ton of bricks
What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
Sometimes the police tolerated them for a bit but sometimes they came down on them like a ton of bricks as soon as they twigged what they were up to.
echar una (buena) bronca
come down (hard) on
Of course they couldn't possibly come down on the lazy liggers of society - they will come down hard on the people that really need financial help.
echar una cana al aire
kick up + Posesivo + heels
kick + Posesivo + heels up
have + fun
let + Posesivo + hair down
The country's economy is about to crash and the finance minister is kicking up his heels in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
Here they are kicking their heels up at a square dance in Texas.
But for now, having fun and feeling famous will do quite well enough.
If he had let his hair down a bit more at his age and sowed his wild oats he might have been a better husband to Diana.
echar una cana al aire antes de sentar la cabeza
sow + Posesivo + wild oats
If he had let his hair down a bit more at his age and sowed his wild oats he might have been a better husband to Diana.
echar una cana al aire cuando joven
sow + Posesivo + wild oats
If he had let his hair down a bit more at his age and sowed his wild oats he might have been a better husband to Diana.
echar una canica al aire
disport + Reflexivo
In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
echar una carrerilla
race + Nombre + to
Kahne tried to pass Matt Kenseth coming out of the final turn and raced him to the finish line, only to lose by .010 seconds.
echar una foto
photograph
So he sets a reproducer in action, photographs the whole trail out, and passes it to his friend for insertion in his own memex.
echar una fotografía
photograph
So he sets a reproducer in action, photographs the whole trail out, and passes it to his friend for insertion in his own memex.
echar una maldición
curse
The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
echar una mano
lend + a (helping) hand
put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel
set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel
muck in
pitch in
help out
give + Nombre + a (helping) hand
In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.
They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.
The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.
All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other - they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.
It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities - food.
Give them a holler and I'm sure they will help out.
It's a smart move on Jade's part to let Donna give her a helping hand in getting back on her feet.
echar una mano a Alguien
give + Nombre + a hand
These centres help women rebuild lives by giving them a hand up, not a handout.
echar una meada
take + a leak
have + a leak
go for + a tinkle
go for + a pee
go for + a wee
take + a pee
take + a pee pee
go (for a) wee wee
go (for a) pee pee
spend + a penny
have + a pee
tinkle
take + a wee
take + a wee wee
In his press conference today, the President also acknowledged - perhaps in a related matter - his difficulties taking leaks.
On the way up to Prague, Bill went to have a leak and noticed a guy uncoupling the carriages of the train.
The doors shut by themselves, if you go for a tinkle in the night, you've got to remember your key.
And I also remember getting my bum stung on nettles as I was going for a pee.
You have to sit down to go for a wee on the tour bus, because if you stand up and you go round a corner it all goes everywhere.
Would you be embarrassed if you took a pee against a car only to find out there's a camera crew inside filming you?.
Bill's sister is one of Dracula's babes and attacks Janet while she's taking a pee-pee on the toilet.
Jumpsuits are all good and fun until someone needs to go for a wee wee.
They drink non-stop, alcohol tea, yet none of them ever seem to go for a pee pee.
Then there's spend a penny, which comes from the earliest public toilets, which had locks on the doors which cost a penny to open.
The bandage compressed my urethra somewhat so that when I had a pee there was considerable resistance to it coming out.
I have a kitty who has decided to 'tinkle' in the same spot for a number of weeks.
Before going in the pool I went and took a wee in the woodshed first.
Until a couple of weeks ago he hadn't any problems using his potty when he needed to take a wee-wee; but now he is peeing everywhere!.
echar una mirada [Expresión tomada del argot 'Cockney' de Londres que rima con 'have a look']
take + a look at
take + a peek at
peek
have + a look
cast + a glance over
look through
glance at
take + a gander at
glance over
have + a gander at
have + a butcher's (hook)
get + a load of
It seems appropriate to take a retrospective look at the evolution of our catalog and the ideology which has shaped it.
Take a peek at the world through the eyes of its youngest inhabitants via PapaInk, an online archive of children's artworks.
The article 'Peeking inside the black box - a look at the private life of your modem' explains the theory and mechanism of modems.
I thought you might like to have a look at American Libraries' report on the IFLA conference in Glasgow.
In common with many other organisations in South Africa, the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) is casting an evaluative glance over the last ten years since the advent of the democratic dispensation in 1994.
If you possess a copy of CC it would be advisable for you to look through it at this stage and acquaint yourself with the general appearance of each Part before proceeding further.
He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.
He sat there in the coffee shop, every so often glancing over his paper.
Not seen it but will have a gander early in the week.
The exhibition will be on for another week - closes on the 18th, so plenty of time to come have a butcher's hook.
If you thought your physics teacher was nuts - just wait until you get a load of this guy.
echar una mirada furtiva a
steal + a glance at
steal + a look at
Strategies for minimizing such researcher effect included appearing to look elsewhere in the room, while stealing glances at the individual being observed.
You can tell a lot about one's lifestyle and thoughts by stealing a look at his or her bookshelf.
echar una mirada mortal
look + daggers at
glare at
We stood in our driveway looking daggers at each other - the tension was like the air before lightning, even the cat ran for her life.
Wren glared at her for a second, then shut the door in her face.
echar una miradita a
take + a quick look at
Take a quick look at what cigars cost over here in Australia and think yourselves lucky!!.
echar una ojeada [Expresión tomada del argot 'Cockney' de Londres que rima con 'have a look']
look through
glance at
peek
take + a peek at
take + a look at
take + a gander at
glance over
have + a gander at
have + a butcher's (hook)
If you possess a copy of CC it would be advisable for you to look through it at this stage and acquaint yourself with the general appearance of each Part before proceeding further.
He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
The article 'Peeking inside the black box - a look at the private life of your modem' explains the theory and mechanism of modems.
Take a peek at the world through the eyes of its youngest inhabitants via PapaInk, an online archive of children's artworks.
It seems appropriate to take a retrospective look at the evolution of our catalog and the ideology which has shaped it.
I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.
He sat there in the coffee shop, every so often glancing over his paper.
Not seen it but will have a gander early in the week.
The exhibition will be on for another week - closes on the 18th, so plenty of time to come have a butcher's hook.
echar una ojeada a
cast + a glance over
In common with many other organisations in South Africa, the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) is casting an evaluative glance over the last ten years since the advent of the democratic dispensation in 1994.
echar una ojeadita a
take + a quick look at
Take a quick look at what cigars cost over here in Australia and think yourselves lucky!!.
echar una parrafada
lecture
She tried to sneak out, her dad ran after her, and started lecturing her about trust and told her to go to bed.
echar una zancadilla
trip
I can't sit here and pick you up off the ground everytime she trips you.
echar un cana al aire
one-night stand
The present paper is based on recent research on so-called casual sexual encounters or one-night stands.
echar un casquete [Eufemismo de fuck]
fuck
screw
get + laid
eff
bonk
He said he wanted to fuck her loudly on a hard bed with rain beating on the windows.
For every beautiful woman, there's a guy that's tired of screwing her.
It sounds like you need to get laid - you might feel better after a good screw.
I would not really like to eff her but she's pretty for an older lady.
After bonking her, the fella disappeared and up to now she has never seen him.
echar un chorro de
squirt
The ink-jet printer squirts minute drops of ink from a microscopic nozzle, which are steered to specific positions on the paper.
echar un conjuro
cast + a (magic) spell
The player makes choices for his characters (such as whether to fight, cast a magic spell, or run away), and then the enemy takes a turn.
echar un ojo
keep + an eye on
have + a look
get + a load of
Instructors have to keep an eye always on the clock to ensure time does not run out before the essence of the case has been extracted.
I thought you might like to have a look at American Libraries' report on the IFLA conference in Glasgow.
If you thought your physics teacher was nuts - just wait until you get a load of this guy.
echar un polvo [Eufemismo de fuck]
fuck
screw
get + laid
eff
bonk
He said he wanted to fuck her loudly on a hard bed with rain beating on the windows.
For every beautiful woman, there's a guy that's tired of screwing her.
It sounds like you need to get laid - you might feel better after a good screw.
I would not really like to eff her but she's pretty for an older lady.
After bonking her, the fella disappeared and up to now she has never seen him.
echar un rapapolvo
tell + Nombe + off
give + Nombre + a dressing-down
give + Nombre + a telling-off
chew + Nombre + up
bite + Posesivo + head off
jump down + Posesivo + throat
snap + Posesivo + head off
lecture
tear + a strip + Nombre
Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.
A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.
A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him - sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives.
I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being.
The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us - it was so uncomfortable.
She tried to sneak out, her dad ran after her, and started lecturing her about trust and told her to go to bed.
Jenkins was actually in tears because you tore a strip off her for handing in a report ten minutes late!.
echar un tupido velo sobre
draw + a veil over
In the latter case, France that had a vested interest in drawing a veil over the murderous events of 1915-1916.
echar un vistazo [Hojear u ojear material bibliográfico]
take + a look at
glance at
check out
peek
have + a look
take + a peek at
cast + a glance over
look through
browse
peruse
take + a gander at
glance over
have + a gander at
It seems appropriate to take a retrospective look at the evolution of our catalog and the ideology which has shaped it.
He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
The article 'Peeking inside the black box - a look at the private life of your modem' explains the theory and mechanism of modems.
I thought you might like to have a look at American Libraries' report on the IFLA conference in Glasgow.
Take a peek at the world through the eyes of its youngest inhabitants via PapaInk, an online archive of children's artworks.
In common with many other organisations in South Africa, the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) is casting an evaluative glance over the last ten years since the advent of the democratic dispensation in 1994.
If you possess a copy of CC it would be advisable for you to look through it at this stage and acquaint yourself with the general appearance of each Part before proceeding further.
This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.
The gates opened in the early evening during the 10-day period and the crowds flocked in to peruse the 150-plus craft stands.
I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.
He sat there in the coffee shop, every so often glancing over his paper.
Not seen it but will have a gander early in the week.
echar vino
pour + wine
Simply stated, no, it is not improper to pour wine into your guest s wine glass if it still contains wine.
estar echando chispas
be browned off
be brassed off
In World War II parlance, they were probably 'browned-off,' but were certainly not lacking in spirit and loyalty.
I'm sorry about the fact they were brassed off, but perhaps it was a natural consequence of the negativity over the past four months.
estar que + echar + chispas [Usado en sentido figurado para indicar enojo]
be browned off
be brassed off
be furious
fume
foam at + the mouth
fume with + anger
fume with + rage
seethe
seethe with + rage
In World War II parlance, they were probably 'browned-off,' but were certainly not lacking in spirit and loyalty.
I'm sorry about the fact they were brassed off, but perhaps it was a natural consequence of the negativity over the past four months.
You hurt her pride and her feelings and she's furious.
Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.
All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.
He uses his quirky wit and friendly banter to brighten people's mood when they are feeling low or fuming with anger.
Some people, being excessively liverish, cannot refrain from fuming with rage and shouting abuse when they come across stories of injustice, ignorance and foul play in the newspapers.
But Palestinian Arabs have learned that if they seethe publicly about anything, the world media will take them seriously.
Most Iraqis I speak with nowadays are seething with rage towards the occupiers of their country.
ir a echar un vistazo [También escrito reckie]
go for/on + a recce
If you are in doubt, you can always go for a recce on the road bike and design yourself a route with manageable hills.
ir echando hostias
go like + the clappers
At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.
ir echando mecha
go like + the clappers
At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.
la suerte estaba echada
the die was cast
the die had been cast
By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast - we were committed to 58,000 dead!.
The die had been cast, and the tides of war were gradually turning in our favour.
la suerte está echada
the die is cast
She stood up and said despondently: 'The die is cast; stake is life or death' .
para echar sal en la herida
to add insult to injury
to add salt to injury
to rub salt in the wound
To add insult to injury, she came back from the cash-point without enough readies and had to make a return journey.
To add salt to injury there is a pregnancy as a result of this abominable act.
And then, to rub salt in the wound, Adobe had the nerves to sent me an automated email announcing that the issue was fixed.
planta que echa flores
bloomer
These type of fuchsia usally only bloom at night and usually only once per year, however there are some day bloomers.
salir a echarse un cigarro
go out for + a smoke
Those who are 'perfectionists' in such things will want to drive you crazy worrying about 'what if two people go out together' or 'it won't be accurate because some users go out for a smoke and then come right back in' or 'what about kids who run in and out' and so forth.
salir echando humo
bolt
take off
make + a bolt for
dash off
shoot off
be off like a shot
take off like + a shot
go off like + a shot
fly off
dart out (of)
These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
No, he was not one to take off like a deer at the first warning of certain dangers.
Most birds, faced with a predator, will make a bolt for safety, even if it means abandoning any eggs or chicks in its nest.
One at a time a bird lands, picks out a fat sunflower seed and then dashes off.
The witness said that the cockpit of the ill-fated Boeing 737 shot off 'like a meteorite' when the plane hit the ground on its belly.
I'm sure if you were offered a much better salary in the private sector, you'd be off like a shot.
Fenced in yards are a must, as he will take off like a shot after cats, squirrels, rabbits, bikes, and even cars.
But he went off like a shot and gradually passed everybody and finally, in the rain, passed Prost to win the race.
In fact, compact vehicles are flying off dealer lots at a clip not seen since the gas price hike during the summer of 2008.
It was there that my husband about jumped out of his skin when he saw a shadowy figure suddenly dart out of the kitchen.
salir echando leches
bolt
take off
make + a bolt for
dash off
shoot off
be off like a shot
take off like + a shot
go off like + a shot
fly off
dart out (of)
These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
No, he was not one to take off like a deer at the first warning of certain dangers.
Most birds, faced with a predator, will make a bolt for safety, even if it means abandoning any eggs or chicks in its nest.
One at a time a bird lands, picks out a fat sunflower seed and then dashes off.
The witness said that the cockpit of the ill-fated Boeing 737 shot off 'like a meteorite' when the plane hit the ground on its belly.
I'm sure if you were offered a much better salary in the private sector, you'd be off like a shot.
Fenced in yards are a must, as he will take off like a shot after cats, squirrels, rabbits, bikes, and even cars.
But he went off like a shot and gradually passed everybody and finally, in the rain, passed Prost to win the race.
In fact, compact vehicles are flying off dealer lots at a clip not seen since the gas price hike during the summer of 2008.
It was there that my husband about jumped out of his skin when he saw a shadowy figure suddenly dart out of the kitchen.
ser demasiado tarde para echar atrás
reach + the point of no return
Global warming is reaching the point of no return, with widespread drought, crop failure and water shortages the likely result.
