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Idiom | Language | Category |
Je ne suis pas à la hauteur | French | Bewilderment |
Ser chinche | Portuguese | Complaint |
!mire que hacen esperar a la gente así! | Portuguese | Impatience |
¡andas mirando moros con tranchete! | Spanish | Deception |
¡hala! | Spanish | Encouragement |
¡ni por hablar! | Spanish | Contradiction |
¿Puedo ayudarle? ?Le puedo echar una mano? | Spanish | Courtesy |
(If he said that,) He must have a screw loose: he`s lost his marbles | English | Contempt |
(Museen) lassen mich kalt | German | Indifference |
(The court case) Wiped him out | English | Embarrassment |
(toujours) chercher la petite bête | French | Complaint |
(Un menú) como para chuparse los dedos | Spanish | Desire |
Abrir o caminho para alguém | Portuguese | Encouragement |
Aller avec acharnement | French | Determination |
Aller de Charybde en Scylla | French | Embarrassment |
An einem gebrochenen Herzen sterben | German | Grief |
Aus eine Fliege einen Elefanten machen | German | Exaggeration |
Autant chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin | French | Exasperation |
Avere gli occhi più grandi dello stomaco | Italian | Greed |
Avoir du bol, du cul (vulg.), de la chatte (vulg.) | French | Envy |
Avoir la chair de poule | French | Fear |
Avoir les oreilles rabattues de qch | French | Contempt |
Avoir mal aux cheveux | French | Discomfort |
Bâiller a s’en décrocher la mâchoire | French | Boredom |
Battre la dèche | French | Embarrassment |