Expresiones coloquiales en Latinoamérica Colloquial expressions in Latin America
Sacar los trapos al sol
Dinero sucio
Ahogarse en un vaso de agua
Vivir bajo una piedra
Contra viento y marea
Hacer una tormenta en un vaso de agua
Dejar plantado a alguien
Cruzarse los cables
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Sacar los trapos al sol
To air dirty laundry
Dinero sucio
Dirty money
Ahogarse en un vaso de agua
To make a mountain out of a mole hill
Vivir bajo una piedra
To live under a rock
Contra viento y marea
Come wind and rain
Hacer una tormenta en un vaso de agua
To have a storm in a teacup
Dejar plantado a alguien
To leave someone waiting
Cruzarse los cables
Crossed wires
Lavado de dinero
Money laundering
En un dos por tres
To do something quickly
Dar lata
To be a pain
Ponerse las pilas
To get hyped
Tocar madera
To touch wood
Hasta en la sopa
To see something or someone everywhere
Importar un pimiento
It doesn't matter
Por si las moscas
Just in case
Irse por las ramas
To change topic drastically
Tirar la casa por la ventana
To cost an arm and a leg
Puñalada trapera
Back stab
Echarle leña al fuego
To put wood on the fire (of an argument)
Estar en las nubes
To be distracted
Meter la cucharada
To butt in
Estar en la olla
To be hard up (financially)
Darle cuerda a alguien
To gas someone up
Tener el sartén por el mango
To be in control
Echarse a perder
To mess something up
Estar en la mala
To be in a bad mood or have bad luck
Estar en la buena
To have good luck
Dar en el clavo
To give the correct answer
Cargar con el muerto
To take the blame
Quedar en la cuerda floja
To walk a tight rope
Pasarse de la raya
To cross the line
Mandar al carajo
To tell someone to go to hell
Ponerse en los zapatos de alguien
To put yourself in someone else's shoes
Buscar una aguja en un pajar
To look for a needle in a haystack
Abrir la caja de Pandora
To open pandora's box
Darle tiempo al tiempo
To give it time
Tirar la toalla
To throw in the towel
Picar el anzuelo
To fall into a trap
Estar contra la espada y la pared
To be between a rock and a hard place
Estar/ser en un mar de dudas
To be in a sea of doubt
Romper el hielo
To break the ice
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