matar
do in ; kill ; murder ; massacre ; slaughter ; slay ; butcher ; put down ; inflict + death.
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!'.
He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill'.
The man who was the real-life Don Juan may not have been murdered for his acts of seduction but for his possible homosexuality and political subversiveness.
In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, 800,000 people were massacred.
These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.
A bronze statue of David slaying Goliath has been unveiled in Florence today after months of painstaking restoration work.
By learning how to butcher a whole chicken yourself into 8 or 10 cuts, you will save money.
My 17 year old dog had to be put down a few weeks ago and it's heartbreaking.
Armed violence - the use of arms to inflict death or injury - is an epidemic of global proportions.
Algo que se hace para matar el tiempo
time filler
Negative reactions included, 'It was no more than a time filler,' 'It was dull' and 'I found it depressing'.
a mata caballo
in a hurry
hurried
hurriedly
helter-skelter
Unfortunately, the basic problem was to get the file cleaned up in a hurry, and nobody was particularly concerned with research.
Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.
And he added hurriedly: 'I felt I could work with her though'.
The larger issues of higher education provide a context for redefining the helter-skelter relationship of teaching and research.
ansias de matar
bloodlust
Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
así me maten
for the life of me
I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle.
casi matar con la mirada
glare at
look + daggers at
Wren glared at her for a second, then shut the door in her face.
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.
comer Algo para matar el gusanillo
eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going
Young children need to eat small amounts every three hours to get enough energy to keep them going.
cuando el diablo está aburrido mata moscas con el rabo
idle hands are the devil's workshop/tools/playground
the devil finds work for idle hands
The saying the 'idle hands are the devil's workshop' may be particularly apt in the case of Islamic rioters and terrorists.
They can easily turn into delinquents and cause social disturbances, for, as we all know, the devil finds work for idle hands.
cuando el diablo no tiene qué hacer, con el rabo mata moscas
idle hands are the devil's workshop/tools/playground
the devil finds work for idle hands
The saying the 'idle hands are the devil's workshop' may be particularly apt in the case of Islamic rioters and terrorists.
They can easily turn into delinquents and cause social disturbances, for, as we all know, the devil finds work for idle hands.
deseo de matar
bloodlust
Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
disparar a matar
shoot to + kill
The main issue discussed was the justification of the 'shoot to kill' policy adopted by Israel against Arab infiltrators across the 1949 demarcation lines.
estar a matar
be at each other's throats
be at one another's throats
be at daggers drawn (with)
What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats.
But as tension mounts, the president and prime minister are at one another's throats.
Throughout Mr Blair's time in office Mr Mandelson and Mr Brown were at daggers drawn.
hay miradas que matan
if looks could kill...
The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.
incapaz de matar una mosca
wouldn't hurt a fly
Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
licencia para matar
licence to kill
The Japanese claim the whales will be used for 'scientific research', a loophole that gives them a licence to kill.
llevarse a matar
be at each other's throats
be at one another's throats
be at daggers drawn (with)
What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats.
But as tension mounts, the president and prime minister are at one another's throats.
Throughout Mr Blair's time in office Mr Mandelson and Mr Brown were at daggers drawn.
lo que a uno cura a otro mata
one man's meat is another man's poison
If the old saying 'one man's meat is another man's poison' is true, certainly one man's book may be another man's boredom.
máquina de matar [Persona o animal entrenado o diseñado especialmente para matar]
killing machine
Their success is down to them being perfectly adaptive and efficient killing machines.
matar a alguien
take + life
All officers were remorseful about taking a life but all would make the same decision again if necessary.
matar a balazos
shoot + Nombre + dead
Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.
matar a cuchillazos
stab + Nombre + to death
knife + Nombre + to death
A youth who killed a woman at a christening stabbed a teenage girl to death weeks later.
Police are hunting the killers of a man knifed to death with a kitchen knife at his flat.
matar a disparos
shoot + Nombre + dead
shoot + Nombre + to death
Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.
Five paramilitary troopers have been arrested for shooting a teenager to death, at point blank range in Pakistan.
matar al enemigo
take + no prisoners
They began taking no prisoners, burning whole villages, and routinely shooting surrendering Filipinos.
matar a palos
beat + Nombre + to death
After the alligator snapped at one of them, the teenagers beat it to death with their snow shovels.
matar a patadas
kick + Nombre + to death
That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass.
matar a puñaladas
stab + Nombre + to death
knife + Nombre + to death
A youth who killed a woman at a christening stabbed a teenage girl to death weeks later.
Police are hunting the killers of a man knifed to death with a kitchen knife at his flat.
matar + Nombre + a puñaladas
stab + Nombre + to death
A youth who killed a woman at a christening stabbed a teenage girl to death weeks later.
matar con gas
gas
Forcing animals into a hot, dark box to be gassed to death in groups must stop.
matar con la mirada
look + daggers at
give + Nombre + the stink eye
give + Nombre + the evil eye
put + the evil eye on
give + Nombre + a dirty look
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.
You can't choose your family, but you can give them the stink eye and wish they dropped off the face of the earth.
Now, generally, if you stare at someone for too long, you may be accused of giving them the evil eye.
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.
Wren glared at her for a second, then shut the door in her face.
matar de hambre
starve to + death
The book focuses on the story of the elephants that were starved to death in Ueno Zoo, Japan, during the War.
matar de un disparo
shoot
fatally + shoot
The book has a blue mottled sheepskin binding signed by Antoine Menard, a famous bookbinder who was shot in Paris by a firing squad in 1871 but feigned death and escaped to Spain.
A man accused of fatally shooting a Philadelphia police officer during a robbery is headed back to Philadelphia after he was arrested in Florida.
matar de un manotazo [Generalmente referido a insectos]
swat
Nearby workers rescued a man after he swatted one bee and was swarmed by others that stung him more than 200 times.
matar el rato
hang around
hang about
pootle
dawdle
pot about/around
mess about/around
piss about/around
His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.
A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.
It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.
The title of the article is 'The challenge of the information country lane (and those who dawdle in it)'.
In the meantime, we went back into town and just potted around trying to kill some hours before we had to leave.
The article is entitled 'Best bet Internet: reference and research when you don't have time to mess around'.
The band pissed about for the first half year, and then set to work.
matar el tiempo
kill + time
pot about/around
It concluded that the library had an untapped pool of users: the parents bringing children; friends and family coming with users; and people attending meetings or just killing time.
In the meantime, we went back into town and just potted around trying to kill some hours before we had to leave.
matar en el acto
kill + Nombre + stone dead
Having built up your reputation for over half a century you have managed to kill it stone dead in only a few seconds.
matar en seco
kill + Nombre + stone dead
Having built up your reputation for over half a century you have managed to kill it stone dead in only a few seconds.
matar indiscriminadamente
take + no prisoners
They began taking no prisoners, burning whole villages, and routinely shooting surrendering Filipinos.
matar la gallina de los huevos de oro
kill + the goose that lays the golden egg(s)
If we keep increasing taxes we will kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
matarlas callando
wolf in sheep's clothing
China accuses the Dalai Lama of being a wolf in sheep's clothing who propagates the independence of Tibet.
matar moscas a cañonazos
use + a sledgehammer to crack a (wal)nut
But a father of one of the boys today accused the police of wasting their time and resources and for 'using a sledgehammer to crack a nut'.
matar salvajemente
butcher
Thousands of peaceful Muslims were butchered by troops up and down the east coast.
matarse trabajando
work + Reflexivo + to death
work + Reflexivo + to the ground
work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone
go at it + hammer and tongs
work + Posesivo + to the bone
The deportees died in part starving and freezing to death in concentration camps and in part working themselves to death under a barbaric police regimen.
Their poor mother worked herself to the ground all day long, didn't have two pennies to rub together, and they were always just a little bit hungry.
There are plenty of those out there who are working their fingers to the bone and still have a hard time keeping their heads above water.
If you make the conscious decision to go at it hammer and tongs and work yourself to the bone, then your colleagues may view your actions as something that could bring the company back from the depths.
If you make the conscious decision to go at it hammer and tongs and work yourself to the bone, then your colleagues may view your actions as something that could bring the company back from the depths.
quien a hierro mata, a hierro muere
those who live by the sword die by the sword
The death of the deposed Libyan leader on Thursday brings to life the old saying that those who live by the sword, die by the sword.
sed de matar
bloodlust
Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
si las miradas mataran
if looks could kill...
The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.
tirar a matar
go for + the jugular
deadly force
shoot to + kill
The article 'Publishers go for the jugular over copyright' examines the activities of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) in taking legal proceedings against libraries on copyright grounds and in enforcing payment for photocopying periodical articles.
The course covers the following topics: revolver nomenclature and maintenance; inspecting revolvers and holsters; and legal issues and deadly force.
The main issue discussed was the justification of the 'shoot to kill' policy adopted by Israel against Arab infiltrators across the 1949 demarcation lines.
