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
Je ne suis pas à la hauteur	French	Bewilderment
Potremmo stento a crederci!	Italian	Bewilderment
Ser chinche	Portuguese	Complaint
Trouillard	French	Contempt
!mire que hacen esperar a la gente así!	Portuguese	Impatience
!quién fortuna sfacciata!	Italian	Envy
¡andas mirando moros con tranchete!	Spanish	Deception
¡ánimo!	Spanish	Encouragement
¡ni por hablar!	Spanish	Contradiction
(dei musei) posso farne a meno	Italian	Indifference
(En) revenir à ses moutons	French	Contradiction
(If he said that,) He must have a screw loose: he`s lost his marbles	English	Contempt
(Il caso) lui spossato	Italian	Embarrassment
(Museen) lassen mich kalt	German	Indifference
(Museus ) me deixam com frio	Portuguese	Indifference
(The court case) Wiped him out	English	Embarrassment
(toujours) chercher la petite bête	French	Complaint
(woman only) civettare (con)	Italian	Flattery
A nincompoop	English	Insult
Abatido	Portuguese	Grief
Abrir as portas a uno	Portuguese	Encouragement
Abrir as portas para alguém	Portuguese	Encouragement
Abrir el camino a uno	Spanish	Encouragement