oreja
ear.
They are followed in turn by the see and see also references to the heading: HEAD see also BRAIN; ear; EYE; FACE; HAIR; NOSE.
cachete detrás de la oreja
clip on (behind/round) the ear
She was itching to give them a ringing good clip on the ear but she didn't because she thought their father was watching.
castigar con un simple tirón de orejas
let + Nombre + off with a slap on the wrist
get off with + a slap on the wrist
get away with + a slap on the wrist
I hope they throw the book at her instead of letting her off with a slap on the wrist.
The decision disgusted local police, who said Hooper could have been sent to jail for 18 months but got off with a slap on the wrist.
How can people be repeat offenders and get away with a slap on the wrist!.
con las orejas gachas
with a flea in + Posesivo + ear
depressed
dejected
downcast
So the unhappy lame man got up with a flea in his ear and went to the second Prince, but here, too, he got the rough edge of his tongue = Así pues, el cojo desafortunado se levantó con las orejas gachas y fue a ver al segundo príncipe, pero de nuevo salió escaldado.
As I said in the study I did on the subject analysis of nonbook materials, the problem that librarians and media specialists felt most depressed about was the cataloging of music recordings.
Barefoot, unkempt, malnourished and dejected, they fend not only for themselves, but for their families as well by scavenging in garbage dumps.
The poor little Grub was more confused than ever and he looked so downcast that the Frog took pity on him.
darle a Alguien un cachete detrás de la oreja
clip + Nombre + on (behind/round) the ear
She had thrown a bone to it and her mother clipped her on the ear for feeding the mutt.
darle a Alguien un manotazo detrás de la oreja
clip + Nombre + on (behind/round) the ear
She had thrown a bone to it and her mother clipped her on the ear for feeding the mutt.
dar un tirón de orejas a Alguien
slap + Nombre + on the wrist
After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
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.
estar con la mosca detrás de la oreja
smell + a rat
'Something doesn't seem right, and I don't know exactly what it is, but I kind of smell a rat,' Cooper said = "Algo parece que no está bien, y no sé exactamente qué es, pero yo como que tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja", dijo Cooper.
lóbulo de la oreja
ear lobe
earlobe
Dress was from animal hides and pelts, tattoos ornamented both men and women, and bead pendants were worn in ear lobes and rings.
Similarly, an English woman visiting Italy who touches her earlobes a lot, without realising the cultural significance of this action, would be behaving flirtatiously in that context.
manotazo detrás de la oreja
clip on (behind/round) the ear
She was itching to give them a ringing good clip on the ear but she didn't because she thought their father was watching.
mechón sobre la oreja
earlock
In ancient China, women would pay no less attention to their forelock and earlock than they would pay to other parts of the body.
mojarle la oreja a Alguien [Verbo irregular: pasado outran, participio outrun]
knock + spots off + Nombre
outdo
outrun [out-run]
trump
outshine
outclass
They have the potential to knock spots off the private sector and it is about time people in the country realised that.
This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
She was sensational throughout the competition and outshone her opponents with singing skills that seemed to stretch beyond the talent of a 17 year old.
He also laughingly joked about Kelly not being able to outclass him this time.
oreja caída
drop ear
Spaniels are a type of gun dog, generaly small and having long coats and drop ears.
oreja de mar
abalone
During the early years of the abalone fishery, abalones were dried and smoked, or canned for export, and sold fresh for local markets.
oreja gacha
drop ear
Spaniels are a type of gun dog, generaly small and having long coats and drop ears.
orejas de burro [Símbolo de estupidez]
dunce cap
She was determined that she would do her best to wriggle out from under the dunce cap he was trying to place on her.
planchar la oreja
bunk down
The main focus of the camp is to allow dogs to socialize, exercise and have a comfy place to bunk down at night.
recibir sólo un tirón de orejas
get off with + a slap on the wrist
get away with + a slap on the wrist
The decision disgusted local police, who said Hooper could have been sent to jail for 18 months but got off with a slap on the wrist.
How can people be repeat offenders and get away with a slap on the wrist!.
reírse con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja
grin from + ear to ear
Carpozzi, grinning from ear to ear, asked when a person would have cause to write upon, injure, deface, tear, or destroy a book, plate, picture, engraving, or statue.
sonreír de oreja a oreja
grin like + a Cheshire cat
grin from + ear to ear
That's me on the left of the picture, grinning like a Cheshire cat = Ese soy yo a la izquierda de la fotografía, sonriendo de oreja a oreja.
Carpozzi, grinning from ear to ear, asked when a person would have cause to write upon, injure, deface, tear, or destroy a book, plate, picture, engraving, or statue.
sonrisa de oreja a oreja
Cheshire cat grin
Her Cheshire cat grin masks the poison-tipped claws of a lethal adversary = Su sonrisa de oreja a oreja esconde las garras con las puntas envenenadas de un adversario letal.
tener la mosca detrás de la oreja
smell + a rat
'Something doesn't seem right, and I don't know exactly what it is, but I kind of smell a rat,' Cooper said = "Algo parece que no está bien, y no sé exactamente qué es, pero yo como que tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja", dijo Cooper.
tirar de las orejas
tell + Nombe + off
Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
tirón de orejas
slap on the wrist
It is hard to believe that the public will see a reprimand in this case as anything more than a slap on the wrist.
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.
