Pike-WAIS Dictionary of Idioms (Pweedy)

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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