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Idiom | Language | Category |
¡vaya tostón! | Spanish | Boredom |
Quedarse completamente en ayunas | Spanish | Bewilderment |
¡vaya asco | Spanish | Disgust |
¡vaya rollo! | Spanish | Boredom |
¿Puedo ayudarle? ?Le puedo echar una mano? | Spanish | Courtesy |
(le proces) l’a nettoye | French | Embarrassment |
(woman only) civettare (con) | Italian | Flattery |
Aller de Charybde en Scylla | French | Embarrassment |
Avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre | French | Greed |
Ca me souleve le cœur Le coeur me soulève rien que d’y penser | French | Disgust |
Ca me souleve le coeur rien que d’y penser | French | Disgust |
Ca me souleve le coeur rien que d’y penser | French | Disgust |
Can I give you a helping hand? | English | Courtesy |
Can I help you? | English | Courtesy |
Can you beat it! | English | Indignation |
Dejarlo entrar por una oreja y salir por la otra | Spanish | Impatience |
Don’t kid yourself! | English | Contradiction |
Estar cogido entre dos fuegos, estar entre la espada y la pared, no saber si tomar un criado o ponerse a servir | Spanish | Embarrassment |
Estar entre la espada y la pared | Spanish | Embarrassment |
Etre completement nettoye | French | Embarrassment |
Être sur son lit de mort (literally) | French | Fatigue |
Frayer le chemin à quelqu’un | French | Encouragement |
Frémir, rien que d’y penser | French | Fear |
Get that idea out of your head | English | Contradiction |
Go belly up | English | Failure |