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Spanish Expression Examples
Cabeza
- no se me pasó por la cabeza it didn't cross my mind.
- no puedo quitármelo de la cabeza, I can't get it out of my head.
- me vino a la cabeza la idea, the idea sprang to my mind.
- no tiene cabeza para los negocios, he hasn't got a good head for business.
- es la cabeza pensante de la banda, he's the brains of the gang.
- la cabeza de la Iglesia Anglicana, the head of the Anglican Church.
- cabeza de familia, head of the family.
- cabeza de chorlito, scatterbrain, featherhead.
- cabeza dura, stubborn or obstinate person.
- cabeza de turco, scapegoat.
- cabeza rapada, skinhead.
- con la cabeza alta, with one's head held high: puedes decirlo con la cabeza.
- bien alta, you can say it with your head held high.
- de cabeza, (de lleno) completely.
- (swimming) se tiró de cabeza a la piscina, he dived headfirst into the pool.
- (sports) metió un gol de cabeza, he headed a goal.
- en cabeza, in the lead.
- estar mal/tocado de la cabeza, to be a mental case.
- perder la cabeza, to lose one's temper.
- rodar cabezas: si baja la cotización, van a rodar cabezas, if the share price goes down heads will roll.
- romperse la cabeza, to rack one's brains.
- traer a alguien de cabeza, to drive somebody mad.
- por cabeza, per person: debemos poner cinco mil pesetas por cabeza, we should charge five thousand pesetas per head.
- sentar la cabeza: ya tienes edad de sentar la cabeza, it's about time you settled down.
Gordo
- caer gordo: le cae gordo, he/she can't bear or stand him/her.
Hambre
- ser más listo que el hambre, to be as smart as they come.
- se juntaron el hambre y las ganas de comer, they are one and alike.
Paz
- ¡déjame en paz!, leave me alone!.
- con estas mil pesetas estamos en paz, if I give you these thousand pesetas we're quits.
Saber
- el saber no ocupa lugar, you can never learn too much.
- me ha sabido a poco, I couldn't get enough of it.
- quién sabe, who knows.
- vas a saber lo que es bueno, I'll show you what's what.
- vete a saber, God knows.
- a saber, namely.