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Idiom | Language | Category |
¡de qué buena gana recibiría… | Spanish | Desire |
¡ni por hablar! | Spanish | Contradiction |
?Encuentras palabras ? | Spanish | Indignation |
(If he said that,) He must have a screw loose: he`s lost his marbles | English | Contempt |
(toujours) chercher la petite bête | French | Complaint |
A bomb | English | Failure |
Abatido | Portuguese | Grief |
Abrir as portas a uno | Portuguese | Encouragement |
Abrir as portas para alguém | Portuguese | Encouragement |
Abrir el camino a uno | Spanish | Encouragement |
Abrir o caminho para alguém | Portuguese | Encouragement |
Abrir o camino a uno | Portuguese | Encouragement |
Aburirse como ostras | Spanish | Boredom |
Acabar com alguém | Portuguese | Humiliation |
Acabar mal | Spanish | Failure |
Acabar sem nada | Portuguese | Failure |
Aggiungere al danno le beffe | Italian | Insult |
Aller de Charybde en Scylla | French | Embarrassment |
An einem gebrochenen Herzen sterben | German | Grief |
Anbaggern | German | Flattery |
Andar como uma barata tonta | Spanish | Frenzy |
Aprontar uma boa | Portuguese | Indiscretion |
As botas de alguém | Portuguese | Flattery |
Autant chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin | French | Exasperation |
Avere la lingua bifurcata | Italian | Deception |