Expressions – WEEK VI
Expression
(To keep somebody) on the
edge of your seat
Be –really- into something OR
somebody
Are you kidding /teasing me?
To blow somebody's mind
To tell a white lie
To walk on egg(shells)
To hit or touch a –raw- nerve
All's fair in love and war
Meaning or Definition
very excited, and giving
all your attention to something, because
you want to know what is going
to happen
to be very interested in
and involved with something
Used to say you don't believe what
someone is telling you
.
to find something
very exciting and unusual
a lie that is told in order to be polite or
to stop someone from being upset by
the truth
to be very careful not
to offend or upset someone:
to upset someone:
in love and war you do not have
to obey the usual rules about reasonable
 behaviour
Example Translation
They were both playing amazing tennis. Mantener en vilo
Everyone was on the edge
of their seats the entire time.
When I was younger, I was really Apasionarle algo O alguien
into politics.
Are you kidding me? ¿Me estás vacilando?
You are so wrong about Emily and Fred
being together
The concert was so good, it blew my mind. Flipar
I told him a white lie so he wouldn't get Contar una mentira piadosa
upset contar una mentirijilla
I find in business these days I'm walking o Andar de puntillas
n eggs; I have to be careful with
everything I say.
She touched a raw nerve when Tocar la fibra
she mentioned that job he didn't get.
She lied to her friend so she could meet En el amor y en la guerra,
Nate. I guess all's fair in love and war todo vale
Expressions – WEEK V

Expression Meaning or Definition Example Translation

Spill the beans to tell people (secret) information Who spilled the beans about ¡Suéltalo!
her affair with David?
Call it a day to stop what you are doing because you do I'm getting a bit tired now - let's call it Dejarlo por hoy / por el
not want to do any more or think you have a day. momento
done enough After 14 years living and working in
this country, she thinks it's time to call it
a day.

Bite off more than you to try to do something that is We bit off more than we Abarcar más de lo que se
can chew too difficult for you could chew in our original reform proposals puede manejar

Under the weather If someone is or feels under the weather, I'm feeling a bit under the weather - Encontrarse mal.
they feel ill: I think I'm getting a cold.
No estar muy católico

It's about time (it is) past the time when something should It’s about time she got a job. Ya era hora
have happened
Add fuel to the fire to make an argument or bad situation worse The discovery that Echar más leña al fuego
the government was aware of the cover-
up has really added fuel to the fire.

Fan the flames to make His speeches fanned the flames of racial t Echar más leña al fuego

a dangerous or unpleasant mood or situation  ension.
worse
Speak/talk of the devil something you say when the person you . Did you hear what happened to Hablando del rey de Roma
were talking about appears unexpectedly Anna yesterday - oh, speak of the devil,
here she is.