Pike-WAIS Dictionary of Idioms (Pweedy)

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Idiom	Language	Category
¡de qué buena gana recibiría…	Spanish	Desire
Avere sempre la lingua lunga	Italian	Complaint
!mire que hacen esperar a la gente así!	Portuguese	Impatience
¡No te engañes!	Spanish	Contradiction
Abrir as portas para alguém	Portuguese	Encouragement
Abrir o caminho para alguém	Portuguese	Encouragement
Acabar com alguém	Portuguese	Humiliation
Aggiungere al danno le beffe	Italian	Insult
An einem gebrochenen Herzen sterben	German	Grief
Anbaggern	German	Flattery
Andar a la cuarta pregunta	Spanish	Embarrassment
Aposto que ele está virando na cova agora	Portuguese	Disgust
Armar una gorda	Spanish	Indignation
As botas de alguém	Portuguese	Flattery
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
Avere il muso lungo	Italian	Dejection
Avere la coda di paglia	Italian	Guilt
Avere la lingua bifurcata	Italian	Deception
Avoir du bol, du cul (vulg.), de la chatte (vulg.)	French	Envy
Avoir du vague a l’ame	French	Dejection
Avoir le coeur gros	French	Grief
Avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre	French	Greed
Avoir un grain, une case en moins	French	Contempt