lobo
wolf [wolves, -pl.].
A good reference librarian should be able to answer questions such as 'Where can I find information on wolves and the behaviour of wolf packs?'.
hombre lobo
werewolf [werewolves, -pl.]
These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
lobo de mar
sea dog
salty dog
salty sea dog
The sea dogs of the 1500 and 1600's worked for queen Elizabeth, robbing and pillaging the Spaniards.
Choosing to live dangerous lives in exchange for freedom, these murderous salty dogs live always on the edge of the law.
This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.
lobo disfrazado de cordero
wolf in sheep's clothing
China accuses the Dalai Lama of being a wolf in sheep's clothing who propagates the independence of Tibet.
lobo solitario
lone wolf
The town was at loggerheads until one moonlit night a neighbour discovered the hen thief, a hungry lone wolf = El pueblo estuvo enfrentado hasta que una noche de luna un vecino descubrió al ladrón de gallinas: un lobo solitario y hambriento.
manada de lobos
wolf pack
A good reference librarian should be able to answer questions such as 'Where can I find information on wolves and the behaviour of wolf packs?'.
meter el lobo en el redil
set + the cat among the pigeons
put + the cat among the pigeons
stir up + a hornet's nest
raise + hell
There is a new book just coming out that promises to set the cat among the pigeons on the Shakespeare scene.
Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control.
They feared its theme of anti-Semitism would simply stir up a hornet's nest and preferred to deal with the problem quietly.
American progressives have in recent decades gotten too shy, or too afraid, to raise hell about injustice and unfairness.
meter el lobo en redil
raise + Cain
Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding.
meterse en la boca del lobo
come into + the lion's den
I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
negro como boca de lobo
pitch-black
The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.
oscuro como boca de lobo
pitch-black
pitch-dark
The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.
There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night.
que viene el lobo
crying wolf
The danger is compounded by the general complacency induced by the 'crying wolf' syndrome - it is assumed that any talk of 'big brother' is nothing but the lazy person's armchair conspiracy.
verle las orejas al lobo [El uso de handwriting en lugar de writing es menos frecuente]
the (hand)writing + be + on the wall
see it + coming
Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.
viejo lobo de mar
old sea dog
old salty dog
According to Kimball, the mathematics of light rays explains some subtle sailing tips that old sea dogs pick up through years of experience = Según Kimball, las matemáticas de los rayos de luz explican algunos argucias de navegación que los viejos lobos de mar adquieren a lo largo de años de experiencia.
Well since the restaurant was down by the piers and loading docks I suppose you could say the restaurant was for old salty dogs.
