Asked | Open questions | Answered Points Date Pair Term / Answer given Level Status Gloss 4 Jul 11 '19 esl>eng Te asustas de la mortaja y te abrazas al muerto The pot calling the kettle black pro closed ok 4 May 31 '19 eng>eng shallow stone not a standard term; probably implies natural stone paving slabs pro closed ok - Jan 21 '19 esl>eng virar el mundo patas arriba (I could) set the world on fire pro closed ok 4 Dec 27 '18 esl>eng animalario menagerie pro closed ok 4 Jun 9 '18 esl>eng a una malas in the worst case / at worst pro closed ok 4 Mar 25 '18 eng>esl My lines are short hay poca cola pro closed ok 4 Oct 17 '17 eng>esl Jack the Peanut el rey del mambo pro closed ok - Jul 7 '17 eng>esl you can only lead a horse to the water, you can't make it drink. no hay peor sordo que el que no quiere oír pro closed ok 4 Jun 17 '17 eng>esl in the books ha concluido pro closed ok - May 2 '17 eng>esl "The Denial Rule" la regla del no reconocimiento pro open no 4 Apr 7 '17 fra>eng on ne peut même pas manger un poisson sans (in this context) you can't even scratch your nose without pro closed ok - Mar 21 '17 fra>eng père de Josette / paire de chaussettes a couple of (silly) suggestions pro closed no - Feb 13 '17 esl>eng traer la sardina a mi sartén (perhaps I'm) being self-serving here / twisting things to suit my own interests pro closed ok 4 Jan 13 '17 esl>eng “se les estaba pasando la mano” they were overdoing it / they were going too far pro closed ok 4 Jan 11 '17 esl>eng Por los balcones se saben las intenciones Every balcony tells a story pro closed ok - Nov 22 '16 eng>esl Doctors call them Caesars los médicos los llaman "consulviones" pro closed ok - Nov 2 '16 esl>eng Esta soy yo (in this context) This is the real me pro closed ok - Sep 14 '16 fra>eng ne sont pas en reste are not lagging behind easy closed no - Aug 24 '16 esl>eng Que ellos por las buenas eran buenos, pero que por las malas eran malos If people are nice to us we're nice to them, but if they cross us we're not so nice pro closed ok 4 Aug 9 '16 eng>esl take the horse to the water, but not make it drink solo podemos proponer, no (podemos) disponer pro closed ok 4 May 1 '16 eng>esl String someone Along darle largas a alguien pro closed ok 4 May 1 '16 eng>esl All thumbs soy un manazas / tengo dos manos izquierdas pro closed ok - Apr 11 '16 esl>eng a reclamar al maestro armero! blame the secretary / and he couldn't blame the secretary pro just_closed no 4 Jan 31 '16 esl>eng "Quien no puede lo menos, no puede lo más. Quien puede lo más, puede lo menos." The lesser does not include the greater; the greater includes the lesser pro closed ok - Dec 21 '15 esl>eng Teoría de las redes caladas: sin calar no hay pesca. You have to speculate to accumulate pro open no 4 Nov 12 '15 esl>eng tirar palo apalear, dar golpes con el palo > with their clubs easy closed no 4 Nov 7 '15 eng>eng in the face of when faced or confronted with, in response to easy closed ok 4 Oct 5 '15 esl>eng "con el pelo de la ropa" did not touch a hair of pro closed ok NP Sep 6 '15 esl>eng Como Dios Manda properly pro closed ok 4 Sep 1 '15 esl>eng las leyendas negra y dorada the black and golden legends pro closed ok - Aug 24 '15 eng>eng They were equally as good as each other idiomatic and acceptable in informal writing, though widely condemned pro closed no 4 Jun 1 '15 esl>eng presintos precintos > wristbands pro closed ok - May 13 '15 esl>eng planchuda flat-chested pro closed ok 4 May 12 '15 esl>eng a tornillo under pressure / reluctantly pro closed no 4 May 7 '15 esl>eng barajar y volver a dar make a fresh start pro closed ok - Dec 19 '14 eng>eng reloaded reborn pro closed ok 4 Dec 16 '14 esl>eng Cada quien su Frida Everyone has their own Frida pro closed ok 4 Nov 29 '14 eng>esl old sock special Menudo tufillo / menuda peste pro closed ok 4 Sep 22 '14 esl>eng La pera y la mujer la que calla buena es Pears are like women: the soft / ripe (quiet) ones are the best pro closed no 4 Sep 1 '14 esl>eng No está... en la segunda leja if he's out / not there, [they're] on the second shelf pro closed ok 4 May 29 '14 eng>esl “If you’re walking through Hell, keep walking” si estás atravesando un infierno, sigue adelante pro closed ok - Apr 28 '14 eng>esl I’ve got a flash for you, joy boy. Pues te lo advierto, cantamañanas. pro closed ok 4 Mar 19 '14 esl>eng xaxu fell over pro closed ok 4 Mar 11 '14 esl>eng se me volaron los pájaros I got carried away pro closed ok 4 Jan 17 '14 eng>esl a very unusual quad bike ....... tearing a strip off Belgium un cuatriciclo / quad muy inusual ...... quemando el asfalto en Bélgica pro closed ok - Jan 16 '14 esl>eng miopia del hombre con un martillo Remember, there's more than one way to skin a cat pro closed ok 4 Jan 15 '14 esl>eng denostar el ‘ladrillo’ repudiating the property boom pro closed ok - Jan 8 '14 eng>esl sold for life ya soy un / una incondicional pro closed no 4 Dec 17 '13 esl>eng el mundo es de los aventados the daring shall inherit the earth pro closed ok 4 Dec 5 '13 esl>eng ir de compras fetichistas-católicas go shopping for Catholic kitsch pro closed ok Asked | Open questions | Answered