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SPANISH IDIOMSSPANISH IDIOMS
EXPRESSIONS OR PHRASESEXPRESSIONS OR PHRASES
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INDEXINDEX•Idioms definition.•Examples of idioms.•Bibliography.•Activities.
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IDIOMSIDIOMS
• Is an expression, word or phrase that has a figurative
meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of
that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or
definition of the words of which it is made.
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EXAMPLESEXAMPLES
•“You have more tale than little street”.
• “To have big fibber”.
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• “From lost to the river”.
• “To deep into the darkness peering”.
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•“The mother who gave birth to him”.
•“Fuck you”.
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• “It is not turkey mucus”.
• “It's nothing to sneeze at”.
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•“For if the flies”.
•“Just in case”.
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•“Your pan has gone”.
•“Lose your temper”; “Freak out” or “You are going nuts”.
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• “Go out by legs”.
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•“Let’s go, do not fuck me”.
•“Don’t mess/fuck with me” or “Fuck off”.
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• “Morning-singer”.
• “Birdbrain” or “bone head”.
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•“My happiness in a hole”.
•“My hopes were dashed”.
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•“To mount a chicken”.
•“Make a scene”.
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•“To eat oneself’s coconut”.
•“Don’t eat yourself up”.
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•“To take for the nightwatcher’s whistle”.
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• “You are dumber than Pete of the sticks”.
• “You are as dumb as a bag of hammers”.
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•“To another thing butterfly”.
•“To change the subject”.
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BIBLIOGRAPHYBIBLIOGRAPHY
•http://www.makarras.org/2007/10/16/from-the-lost-to-the-river-recopileision/
•http://www.wordreference.com/•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom
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ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
• 1) Write three Spanish idioms down in a piece of paper.
• 2) Try to translate them into English.
• 3) Idea-sharing session.
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