meter
pack up ; embroil ; sandwich ; dip ; shove ; bung + Nombe + in ; put in ; take in.
Unless the distance was short, the books travelled in sheets, unbound, packed up in chests or barrels.
By the time the weeding was finished in Nov 86, the Society had become embroiled in a major controversy over the handling of this project.
The paper that is to be examined is simply sandwiched between a sheet of Perspex impregnated with carbon-14 and an unexposed photographic film, and left in the dark for a few hours.
Two sheets were made each time the two-sheet mould was dipped by the maker into the vat, and they were turned out together on to a single felt by the coucher.
Meanwhile the journeymen, who had just gone to bed, hearing the row quickly got up again, came downstairs and then shoved me out of the door.
Instead of bunging it in the washing machine, clean it carefully by hand using lukewarm water.
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.
Don't worry about it being too loose around your waist, have a someone take the shirt in where it is too baggy.
a todo meter
full steam ahead
at full stretch
at full speed
at full blast
at top speed
at full throttle
full speed ahead
The article 'Full steam ahead' describes the implementation of optical disc based imaging system at the photographic library of the National Railway Museum in York.
Gloucestershire has been badly affected by heavy rain, with the fire and rescue service working at full stretch.
A train cruising at full speed hit an excavator that had backed up onto the track.
With every air-conditioner running at full blast, the city's creaky infrastructure is often stretched beyond the breaking point.
Loosing control at top speed on a highway full of cars, these guys where lucky they recovered without hitting any cars.
For the past three it has been operating at full throttle.
We are full speed ahead, we are hoping to continue the good work that we have started.
avanzar a todo meter
go + full steam ahead
They are part of those who want to see the war on drugs go full steam ahead, regardless of the consequences to non-violent offenders.
¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! [Palabras de uno de los personajes de Walter Scott que hoy día se utiliza como cita]
O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to retrieve...
meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil
throw in + at the deep end
The article is entitled 'User education in a college library; observations of one thrown in at the deep end!'.
meter a Alguien en la cárcel
put + Nombre + behind bars
A 92-year-old woman has been put behind bars for sitting on her front porch shouting abuse at passers-by.
meter a la fuerza de un modo desordenado
stuff
However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.
meter a presión
wedge
A special form of woodcut initial, common from the mid sixteenth to the mid eighteenth century, was the factotum, a square ornamental block with a hole through the middle into which a piece of type could be wedged, one block thus serving for any initial letter.
meter baza
butt in
It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
meter bulla [Término coloquial usado en Australia y Nueva Zelanda]
make + a racket
hurry up
rush
rattle + Posesivo + dags
get + a wiggle on
make + a row
make + a ruckus
kick up + a row
get + a move on
hit + the roof
kick up + a storm
hit + the ceiling
go through + the roof
go through + the ceiling
raise + the roof
In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
Hurry Up! Last Chance for the Professionals!.
The computer can be a great boon to cataloging, but I don't think that we should rush at it in an overly simplistic way.
We were often told to 'rattle our dags' as kids when we were getting ready to go out somewhere.
The commission asked the legislators to get a wiggle on, start making changes now.
Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
If they want this finished by Autumn 2009 they are going to have to a get a move on, so hopefully they will swing into action pretty soon.
When she heard that, she hit the roof - and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened.
Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon.
It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that.
Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it.
I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to.
I understand he raised the roof when he read the report.
meter cisco
make + trouble
As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
meter con dificultad
squeeze in/into
Indeed, one problem in trying to write within the length agreed with my publisher has been deciding what can be squeezed in and what must be left out.
meter con un calzador
shoehorn
We should not expect faculty to shoehorn their approaches into a technical developer's ideas of what is valuable or the correct pedagogical approach.
meter de ancho [Usado principalmente para la ropa]
take in
Don't worry about it being too loose around your waist, have a someone take the shirt in where it is too baggy.
meter de largo [Usado generalmente para la ropa]
take up
If you are shorter or have very nice toned legs without veins, scars or dark hair, I say take the skirt up a few inches if you want.
meter el dobladillo
hem
Young girls in the nineteenth century often learned to sew by hemming squares of cloth for handkerchiefs.
meter el estómago
hold + Posesivo + stomach in
The action of holding your stomach in works your abdominal muscles and helps you have a flatter stomach.
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 + Cain
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.
Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding.
American progressives have in recent decades gotten too shy, or too afraid, to raise hell about injustice and unfairness.
meter en
cram into
tuck into
It contains about as much information as it is possible to cram into a single liftable volume, without recourse to microprint or CD-ROM = Contiene tanta información como es posible meter en un único volumen de fácil manejo sin tener que recurrir a la microimpresión o al CD-ROM.
Typically green, the Robin Hood hat also features an upturned brim with a feather tucked into it.
meter en bolsas
bag
The lessons included: reading help wanted ads, following directions, asking for advice, bagging groceries, teaching someone, decision making, and helping others.
meter en ceja y ceja
get it into + Posesivo + head
Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.
meter en chirona
jail [gaol, -UK]
gaol [jail, -USA]
In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.
He has been gaoled for 16 years for terrorism and child pornography offences.
meter en la cabeza
get it into + Posesivo + head
Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.
meter en la cárcel
imprison
jail [gaol, -UK]
send up
send up + the river
send away
gaol [jail, -USA]
Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.
And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.
Friday the twerp who undertook the attempt to defraud countless around the nation was sent up the river.
The kingpin of Columbus cocaine and marijuana biz has been sent away for 30 years - He'll be 65 when he retires from prison.
He has been gaoled for 16 years for terrorism and child pornography offences.
meter en la mollera
get it into + Posesivo + head
Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.
meter en razón
speak + sense into
talk + sense into
And the news coverage of the girl named Katrina Kivi, who'd risked her neck to speak sense into a crowd of angry students, had just begun.
You cannot talk sense into someone who is willing to do that to you.
meter en una bolsa
pouch
Jewelry made from serpentine should be protected by pouching it in cloth or velvet before storing it with other jewelry.
meter en una jaula
cage
Librarians can be caged too tightly in restrictive management structures, whereas rapid development is going ahead in less restricted contexts.
meter en un cubo
bucket
This blueberry jam is bursting with tiny, whole berries, reviving memories of picking blueberries with loved ones and eating more than we bucketed.
meterla [Referido al acto sexual del hombre ]
dip + Posesivo + wick
He's just another married man that likes to dip his wick elsewhere.
meter la nariz en
snoop about/(a)round/into/in
Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.
meter la pata [Eufemismo de fuck up]
bark up + the wrong tree
be caught out
put + Posesivo + foot in it
put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth
shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot
stick + Posesivo + foot in it
screw up
make + a bloomer
slip up
make + a blunder
drop + a clanger
drop + a bollock
blunder
muck up
goof up
fuck up
eff up
flub
The article 'Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.
All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.
She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.
She put her foot in her mouth when she asked a fat woman who was not pregnant when her baby was due.
In other words, we have become our worst enemy, continually shooting ourselves in the foot.
She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
Although we're lucky to have them, eager beavers can screw up if you give them the opportunity.
He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.
He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.
Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.
After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.
But we are all only human and I have recently 'dropped a bollock' as we English say.
Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.
Oh, well, at least try to keep it as simple as one can without mucking it up.
The initial thing you need to do is acknowledge that you goofed up - don't make excuses for it and don't try to obscure it up.
They don't even have the balls to admit they fucked up big time!.
What has Obama done to eff up my country today?.
He's the son of a vice president perhaps best known for enduring ridicule after he flubbed the spelling of the word 'potato'.
meter las manos en todos
have + a finger in every pie
Now with a whole spectrum of collaborative projects, they seem to have a finger in every pie.
meter las narices en
snoop about/(a)round/into/in
poke about/(a)round/into/in
nose about/(a)round/into/in
pry (into)
poke + Posesivo + nose in/into
Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.
While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.
He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.
The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.
We would not be in the mess we are now if Mostyn had never poked his nose in!.
meterle caña a
get + stuck into
There are so many camels out and about causing damage to the landscape that we've decided to have a reasonably decent injection of funds to get stuck into this issue.
meterle mano a
get + stuck into
There are so many camels out and about causing damage to the landscape that we've decided to have a reasonably decent injection of funds to get stuck into this issue.
meterle un paquete a Alguien
throw + the book at
I hope they throw the book at him, as anybody should be able to go anywhere they want without getting attacked.
meterle un puro a Alguien
throw + the book at
I hope they throw the book at him, as anybody should be able to go anywhere they want without getting attacked.
meter mano
grope
The second we were out of my parents eyesight he was all hands - groping and kissing and calling me baby.
meter miedo
frighten
scare
What frightens me about OCLC is the fact that I am disturbed by the integrity of their kind of cataloging.
'Punch' satirised the opponents more cruelly: 'Here is an institution doomed to scare the furious devotees of laissez faire'.
meter presionando
snap into
A cartridge snapped into the ImageWriter printer replaces the ribbon cartridge.
meter preso
imprison
send away
Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
The kingpin of Columbus cocaine and marijuana biz has been sent away for 30 years - He'll be 65 when he retires from prison.
meter prisa
hustle
chivvy [chivy]
The fair is open for visits from parents and friends as well as pupils and it is important that no one should be hustled through too quickly.
To be fair, she was being chivvied by some atheists over some other comment she had made on a talk show .
meterse
meddle (in/with)
lodge
get + Posesivo + feet wet
get in
It also can give the impression that Finland is meddling in the internal affairs of other nations.
A bullet had passed through her cheek and nose and lodged in the back of her head at the base of her spine.
Coming clean to voters is something she's gonna have to get used to if she is really serious about getting her feet wet in elected politics.
It is advisable to cover your Wellington boots with a lid so that spiders can't get in.
meterse a Alguien en el bolsillo
have + Nombre + eating out of + Posesivo + hand
Even though her performance lasted less than an hour, by the end she had them eating out of her hand and she received a standing ovation.
meterse + Algo [Generalmente referido a ropa]
slip + Nombre + on
Blair teasingly chided him as she slipped his jacket on.
meterse con
needle
pick on
tease
twit
taunt
jeer
lam
have + a go at
roast
give + Nombre + a good roasting
rag
rib
pull leg
razz
push + (all of) + Posesivo + buttons
She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.
By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.
In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.
The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
Someone ragged her in college and she hit him.
Finally after I ribbed her for about an hour she said that she'd slashed her wrists because of me.
At first he thought they were pulling his leg and told them to stop pissing him around.
I used to razz her about her fear of food, an unfortunate remnant of her history as a model.
My wife says I push all of her buttons but, unfortunately, I still haven't been able to find the 'mute' button.
meterse de lleno en
get + Posesivo + teeth into
throw + Reflexivo + into
Once he's got his teeth into something, he just won't let go.
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!.
meterse de lleno en lo más difícil
swim in + the deep end
jump in at + the deep end
plunge in at + the deep end
I was quickly swimming in the deep end, surrounded by the controversy over the decision to hold the 2000 conference in Jerusalem and the implementation of the recommendations of the Working Group on the Revision of the Statutes = De pronto me vi metido de lleno en lo más difícil de mi trabajo teniendo que resolver la polémica de si celebrar o no el congreso del año 2000 en Jerusalén y que poner en marcha las recomendaciones del Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Revisión de los Estatutos.
The article 'Jumping in at the deep end' explains the benefits and disadvantages of being a freelance editor.
It is giving me plenty of time to learn about the many aspects of being a teacher before being plunged in at the deep end.
meterse el dedo en la nariz
pick + Posesivo + nose
If your child is still sucking his thumb, picking his nose until it bleeds or having trouble sleeping consult a children's therapist, it could be a sign of anxiety.
meterse el uno con el otro
tease + each other
Left to their own devices, the kids have been spending most of their time video gaming, teasing each other, and pestering the dogs.
meterse en
get into
step into
If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.
Think before acting or you might step into a fatal attraction that will change your life forever.
meterse en apuros
get into + a fix
get into + a mess
get into + a predicament
get into + difficulties
get in(to) + trouble
get into + a jam
get into + a pickle
get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess
get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess
This way you do not get into a fix and land up with a debt which you do not have the capacity to pay back.
There are generally two schools of thought on how we get into a mess of this sort: the conspiracy theory and the cock-up theory.
In property investing, you have to always be on your guard to avoid certain decisions that can get you into a predicament.
When Kodak got into difficulties, they closed up shop in north Toronto and demolished all of their buildings.
A child who reads a lot is often said to be a 'good' child because while he is reading he doesn't 'get into trouble'.
I believe firmly in the axiom that getting into a jam from time to time brings out the best in us.
Toyota seems to have got into a pickle with this product recall issue, but they remain one of the best motor vehicle makers in the world.
She got herself into a fine mess doing It but nobody said a word in reproof.
She got herself into a fine mess doing It but nobody said a word in reproof.
meterse en belenes
get in(to) + trouble
get into + difficulties
get into + a mess
get into + a fix
get into + a jam
get into + a pickle
get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess
A child who reads a lot is often said to be a 'good' child because while he is reading he doesn't 'get into trouble'.
When Kodak got into difficulties, they closed up shop in north Toronto and demolished all of their buildings.
There are generally two schools of thought on how we get into a mess of this sort: the conspiracy theory and the cock-up theory.
This way you do not get into a fix and land up with a debt which you do not have the capacity to pay back.
I believe firmly in the axiom that getting into a jam from time to time brings out the best in us.
Toyota seems to have got into a pickle with this product recall issue, but they remain one of the best motor vehicle makers in the world.
She got herself into a fine mess doing It but nobody said a word in reproof.
meterse en camisa de once varas
open (up) + a can of worms
get into + a mess
get into + a jam
get into + a fix
get into + a pickle
bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew
It may seem as though we have opened a can of worms, but there is no need to despair.
There are generally two schools of thought on how we get into a mess of this sort: the conspiracy theory and the cock-up theory.
I believe firmly in the axiom that getting into a jam from time to time brings out the best in us.
This way you do not get into a fix and land up with a debt which you do not have the capacity to pay back.
Toyota seems to have got into a pickle with this product recall issue, but they remain one of the best motor vehicle makers in the world.
We should do our part, but we shouldn't bite off more than we can chew.
meterse en camisas de once varas
get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess
She got herself into a fine mess doing It but nobody said a word in reproof.
meterse en el juego
get in + the game
All players got in the game, never gave up, played very sportingly and held their heads high throughout.
meterse en follones
get in(to) + trouble
get into + difficulties
get into + a mess
get into + a fix
get into + a jam
get into + a pickle
get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess
A child who reads a lot is often said to be a 'good' child because while he is reading he doesn't 'get into trouble'.
When Kodak got into difficulties, they closed up shop in north Toronto and demolished all of their buildings.
There are generally two schools of thought on how we get into a mess of this sort: the conspiracy theory and the cock-up theory.
This way you do not get into a fix and land up with a debt which you do not have the capacity to pay back.
I believe firmly in the axiom that getting into a jam from time to time brings out the best in us.
Toyota seems to have got into a pickle with this product recall issue, but they remain one of the best motor vehicle makers in the world.
She got herself into a fine mess doing It but nobody said a word in reproof.
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.
meterse en la vida de Alguien
intrude on + Posesivo + privacy
The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.
meterse en líos
get in(to) + trouble
get into + difficulties
get into + a mess
get into + a fix
get into + a jam
get into + a pickle
get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess
A child who reads a lot is often said to be a 'good' child because while he is reading he doesn't 'get into trouble'.
When Kodak got into difficulties, they closed up shop in north Toronto and demolished all of their buildings.
There are generally two schools of thought on how we get into a mess of this sort: the conspiracy theory and the cock-up theory.
This way you do not get into a fix and land up with a debt which you do not have the capacity to pay back.
I believe firmly in the axiom that getting into a jam from time to time brings out the best in us.
Toyota seems to have got into a pickle with this product recall issue, but they remain one of the best motor vehicle makers in the world.
She got herself into a fine mess doing It but nobody said a word in reproof.
meterse en los asuntos de
have + a leg in the camp of
Reference service has always had a leg in the camp of social welfare, simply because reference librarians must have the social conscience of welfare workers if they are to provide patient guidance and assistance for those seeking to use library resources.
meterse en + Número + cosas a la vez
have + a foot in + Número + camps
The article 'The Smithsonian Institution Libraries: a foot in three camps' describes how the SIL operates within 3 camps or environments simultaneously - museums, research libraries, and special libraries - and utilises policies and practices that contain elements of each.
meterse en problemas
get in(to) + trouble
get into + difficulties
get into + a mess
get into + a fix
get into + a jam
get into + a pickle
A child who reads a lot is often said to be a 'good' child because while he is reading he doesn't 'get into trouble'.
When Kodak got into difficulties, they closed up shop in north Toronto and demolished all of their buildings.
There are generally two schools of thought on how we get into a mess of this sort: the conspiracy theory and the cock-up theory.
This way you do not get into a fix and land up with a debt which you do not have the capacity to pay back.
I believe firmly in the axiom that getting into a jam from time to time brings out the best in us.
Toyota seems to have got into a pickle with this product recall issue, but they remain one of the best motor vehicle makers in the world.
meterse en todos los fregados
have + a finger in every pie
Now with a whole spectrum of collaborative projects, they seem to have a finger in every pie.
meterse en un aprieto
get into + a predicament
get into + a fix
get into + a mess
get into + difficulties
get in(to) + trouble
get into + a jam
get into + a pickle
get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess
In property investing, you have to always be on your guard to avoid certain decisions that can get you into a predicament.
This way you do not get into a fix and land up with a debt which you do not have the capacity to pay back.
There are generally two schools of thought on how we get into a mess of this sort: the conspiracy theory and the cock-up theory.
When Kodak got into difficulties, they closed up shop in north Toronto and demolished all of their buildings.
A child who reads a lot is often said to be a 'good' child because while he is reading he doesn't 'get into trouble'.
I believe firmly in the axiom that getting into a jam from time to time brings out the best in us.
Toyota seems to have got into a pickle with this product recall issue, but they remain one of the best motor vehicle makers in the world.
She got herself into a fine mess doing It but nobody said a word in reproof.
meterse en un apuro
get into + a predicament
In property investing, you have to always be on your guard to avoid certain decisions that can get you into a predicament.
meterse en una situación embarazosa
put + Reflexivo + into + position
place + Reflexivo + in an awkward situation
The mother, a little afraid and expecting the worst, was unsettled, despite all her efforts to be open-minded, by her preconceptions not only about the drug but about the rights and wrongs of the position she had put herself into.
She had placed herself in an awkward situation and was anxious to make her exit.
meterse en un barullo
get into + a muddle
And if you get into a muddle, you can just reset it and start over again!.
meterse en un berenjenal
get into + a predicament
open (up) + a can of worms
get into + a mess
get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess
In property investing, you have to always be on your guard to avoid certain decisions that can get you into a predicament.
It may seem as though we have opened a can of worms, but there is no need to despair.
There are generally two schools of thought on how we get into a mess of this sort: the conspiracy theory and the cock-up theory.
She got herself into a fine mess doing It but nobody said a word in reproof.
meterse en un embrollo
open (up) + a can of worms
get into + a muddle
It may seem as though we have opened a can of worms, but there is no need to despair.
And if you get into a muddle, you can just reset it and start over again!.
meterse en un lío
be in trouble
get into + a predicament
get into + a muddle
The moment we relax on it - we are no longer forced to do it, and it often is not done, and the connection is not made - then we are in trouble.
In property investing, you have to always be on your guard to avoid certain decisions that can get you into a predicament.
And if you get into a muddle, you can just reset it and start over again!.
meterse la camisa
tuck in + Posesivo + shirt
He slurps, spills, slouches, talks with his mouth full, and never, ever tucks in his shirt.
meterse la mano en el bolsillo
dig (deep) into + Posesivo + pocket
With quivering fingers she dug into her pocket and withdrew a penlight.
meterse mano
snog
pet
make out
neck
The portrayal of gay people is usually sexual and lewd and this film is a good example where men are having quickies and snogging in public.
Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.
They were caught making out in Boston train station.
If we caught them necking, we'd give them a verbal warning and send them on their way.
meter una pifia
drop + a bollock
drop + a clanger
make + a blunder
make + a bloomer
blunder
But we are all only human and I have recently 'dropped a bollock' as we English say.
After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.
Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.
He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.
Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.
meter una pifica
flub
He's the son of a vice president perhaps best known for enduring ridicule after he flubbed the spelling of the word 'potato'.
meter un litro en un recipiente de medio [Proverbio]
squeeze a quart into a pint pot
Faced with the task of squeezing a quart into a pint pot, many are turning towards new technology to compress information.
meter un pifiaso
drop + a bollock
drop + a clanger
make + a blunder
make + a bloomer
blunder
flub
But we are all only human and I have recently 'dropped a bollock' as we English say.
After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.
Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.
He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.
Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.
He's the son of a vice president perhaps best known for enduring ridicule after he flubbed the spelling of the word 'potato'.
no meterse donde a Uno no le importa
mind + Posesivo + own business
She wanted to tell him to mind his own business, but since she was a bit indebted to him, she just had to grin and bear it.
no meterse donde a Uno no lo llaman
mind + Posesivo + own business
She wanted to tell him to mind his own business, but since she was a bit indebted to him, she just had to grin and bear it.
no poder meter baza
not get a word in edgeways
not get a word in edgewise
not get a word in
The problem was I could hardly get a word in edgeways, or even finish my own sentences without interruption.
Chances are that you aren't the only one who gets a little hot under the collar when you can't get a word in edgewise.
The Conservative candidate just droned on and on and on and on without letting anyone else get a word in.
no saber dónde meterse de vergüenza
squirm with + embarrassment
This horrible caricature is supposed to be an Olympic symbol to be proud of, yet at this moment the British public can only be squirming with embarrassment.
salir de Guatemala para meterse en Guatapeor
out of the fire and into the frying pan
out of the frying pan and into the fire
The article is titled 'Out of the fire and into the frying pan'.
Further, your question about using hydrocortisone cream makes me think of the saying, 'out of the frying pan and into the fire'.
sin meternos en el hecho de que
to say nothing of
And how in heaven's name will we get any work done around here if we have to worry about grievance hearings, to say nothing of the grievant being in the same building.
