356. 50 EXPRESIONES MAS

51. Hacerle la pelota a alguien  = Kiss up to someone / Brown-nose somebody

52. Vaya idiota!  =  What a dick! / What an asshole!

53. Faltar a alguien un tornillo  =  Have a loose screw

54. Hacer borrón y cuenta nueva  = Make a fresh start

55. Huele que apesta!  = It stinks to high heaven

56. Ir al grano  = Get to the point

57. Va de maravilla  = It works like a dream

58. Irse de juerga  = Paint the town red

59. Irse de la olla  = Flip one´s lid

60. La vida es como una tortilla; a veces estás arriba y otras abajo  = Life has its little ups and downs

61. Las noticias vuelan  = News travels fast

62. Le tengo entre ceja y ceja / No le aguanto  =  I can´t stand him

63. Llegar por los pelos  =  Arrive in the nick of time

64. Lo cagué  = I blew it / I fucked it up / I screwed it up

65. Lo dicho hecho  = No sooner said than done

66. Me importa un huevo / una mierda / un bledo  = I don´t give a fuck / I don´t give a shit

67. En un abrir y cerrar de ojos / En un periquete  =  In a jiffy

68. Mas vale prevenir que curar  =  Better safe  than sorry

69. Quien madruga Dios le ayuda  = Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy and wise

70. Dios mio! = Oh my gosh! / Oh my God!

71. Me cabrea  =  It pisses me off

72. Me da mal rollo  = It gives me a bad feeling

73. Me joroba  = It bugs me

74. Ni de coña  =  No way José

75. No es plato de mi gusto  = It´s not my cup of tea

76. No es para tanto  = It´s no big deal

77. No veo ni tres en un burro  =  I´m as blind as a bat

78. Parece un gallinero  = It´s like a mad house

79. Perder los estibos  =  Lose one´scool

80. Piensa un poco  =  Use your head

81. Que asco de sitio!  =  What a dump!

82. ¿Qué mosca te ha picado?  =  What´s bugging you?

83. Que putada!  =  What a bummer!

84. Que fastidio!  =  What a hassle!

85. Retiro lo dicho  = I take back what I said

86. Se armó la marimorena  =  All hell broke lose / The shit hit the fan

87. ¿Se te ha comido la lengua el gato?  = Cat got your tongue?

88. Ser cabezota  = Be pig-headed / Be hard-headed

89. Ser un llorón  = Be a crybaby

90. Ser un entrometido  =  Be a busybody

91. Soy un patoso  =  I´m all thumbs / I´m so clumsy

92. Ser una persona seca  =  Be a coldfish

93. Te lo juro  = Cross my heart and hope to die  / I swear it

94. Tener agallas  =  Have guts

95. Tiene que haber una pega!  = There´s gotta be a catch!

96. Tienes muy mala cara  =  You look awful

97. Tienes un morro que te lo pisas!  = How cheeky can you get!  / You really have a lot of nerve!

98. Tómalo con calma  =  Take it easy

99. Trabajar por una miseria  =  Work for peanuts
100. No pegué ojo  = I didn´t sleep a wink 

355. SHOPPING

SHOPPING

La palabra “Shopping” = ir de compras, viene de la palabra británica “Shop” = tienda

En inglés americano, se dice “Store” para decir tienda, y no “shop”….pero si que dicen “Shopping”; y de la palabra “store” viene la palabra “Drugstore”

It´s nice and sometimes necessary to go shopping.  As life can be stressing, going shopping makes you feel good…providing you have a job and a decent salary.

The problem is that when there are bargains, usually after Christmas or in Spring, where one can buy things; mainly clothes up to a 50 % discount or more, people have a tendency to go on a shopping spree and perhaps buy things they really don´t need.

To go on a shopping spree is go to a lot of shops and go crazy buying things, as long as 
it´s cheaper than before.

Of course, shopping can also be fun, if you aren´t in a hurry. You can spend the whole day in a shopping center where there are all kinds of shops to choose from.

The other day I went shopping in the city center with my wife. The streets were very crowded and the shops were jam-packed with people.

This shop is jam-packed with people

What I hate the most about going bargain shopping is that many shops have the music really loud which makes you want to scream, and also there is no fucking place to sit down, as your spouse is trying on clothes or going around the shop looking for articles to buy.

Other problems about going bargain shopping is that one needs to wait in very long lines up to an hour in some cases and it can be too hot in the shop.

So, the loud music, being too hot and waiting in line really turn me off.

If I see long lines of people waiting to pay, I don´t bother going into the shop.

I ask myself if I really need these pants or shirts because I already have a lot at home.

If I get tired of standing and the loud music, I will sit outisde on a bench and watch all the different people walking by.

Vocabulary

Go shopping = ir de compras

Feel good = siente bien

Providing = (dos maneras de decir “con tal que”

Bargains = gangas

Mainly = principalmente

Shopping spree = de compras a lo bestia

Perhaps = quizás

As long as = “con tal que”

Cheaper = mas barato

Fun = divertido

Aren´t in a hurry = no tienes prisa

Whole = entero

Kinds = clases

Crowded = abarrotado

Jam – packed = atiborrado

What I hate the most = lo que mas odio

Loud = fuerte (sonido)

Scream = gritar

Fucking = maldito

Sit down = sentarse

Spouse = cónyuge

Trying on = probandose

Going around = llendo por

Looking for = buscando

Lines = colas

Too hot = demasiado calor

Turn me off =  desagrada

Bother = molesto

Already = ya

Get tired = me canso

Bench  = banco

Here´s a song called "I wanna buy these shoes"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS4_b2LbLW4

354. 50 Expresiones del español al ingles

What a horrible traffic jam! = atasco




1. Por fin   =  At last
2. Que yo sepa  =  As far as I know
3. No me falles  =  Don´t let me down
4. De tal palo tal astilla   =  Like father like son
5. A mi me trae sin cuidado  =  It´s no skin off my nose
6. A mi no me las das con queso   =  You can´t fool me
7. Allá tu   = Suit yourself
8. Al fin y al cabo  =  After all
9. Ahórrate las palabras   =  Save your breath
10. Antiguamente   =  In the old days
11. Bien merece la pena   =  It´s well worth the risk
12. Basta por hoy  =  Let´s call it a day
13. Cada oveja con su pareja  =  Birds of a feather flock together
14. Comerse el coco   =  Rack one´s brains
15. Como mola!  =  How cool!
16. ¿Como te ganas la vida?  =  What do you do for a living?
17. Da igual   =  Never mind
18. Dar gracias al cielo   = Thank one´s lucky stars
19. De ahora en adelante  =  From now on
20. Decir bobadas  =  Talk nonsense
21. Echarlo a suertes   = Toss a coin
22. El mundo es un pañuelo  =  It´s a small world
23. El tiempo dirá   = Time will tell
24. Flipo contigo   =  You amaze me
25. Ganarse los garbanzos  =  Earn one´s bread and butter
26. Hablando del Rey de Roma!  = Speaking of the devil!
27. Ir de rebajas   =   Go bargain shopping
28. La mandamás   =  The queen bee
29. La vida es una tómbola   =  Life is a merry-go-round
30. Mañana a primera hora   =  First thing in the morning
31. Me alegro verte  =  It´s good to see you
32. Meter la pata   =  Put one´s foot in it
33. No me digas!  = You don´t say!
34. Perdona la molestia   = Sorry to bother you
35. Que asco!  =  How gross!
36. Saber algo de memoria  =  Know something by heart
37. Saltarse el semáforo  =  Run the red light
38. Ser cabezota   =  Be pig-headed
39. Tener malas pulgas   =  Have a bad temper
40. Un fastidio   =  A hassle
41. Un atasco   =  A traffic jam
42. Si todo va bien  =  If all goes well
43. ¿Me tomas el pelo?  =  Are you pulling my leg?
44. Enseguida  =  Right away 
45. Mas vale tarde que nunca  =  Better late than never
46. Estoy hecho polvo  =  I´m dog tired
47. Mi jefe es un pesado  =  My boss is a pain
48. Está loco  He´s nuts
49. De vez en cuando  =  Every now and then
50. Tengo mucha prisa   =  I´m in a big hurry

353. LOVE

One day a child at school asked his teacher what love is.

Therefore, the teacher told her students to walk around the school yard and to bring her things which you could love……simply, things which provoke in you feelings of love.

Later, when all the students came back, they began to show the things they had found:

“I brought a rose….isn´t it beautiful?”, said a girl.

Another child said, “I found this little bird in a nest….isn´t it cute?”

A boy called Alvaro said, “I found some mistletoe in the garden.”

Everyone brought something that represented love for them.

But then, the teacher saw that one of the little girls had not brought anything.

“And you Clara,…. didn´t you find anything which you could love?”, the teacher asked her.

Clara, shyly responded:

“I saw the flower and I smelled its perfume. I thought of picking the flower, but then I left it so it could give off its aroma for a longer time.

I also saw  butterflies with beautiful colors, but they looked so happy that I didn´t dare catch one.

I saw the little bird, but when I went up the tree to see the nest, I saw the sad look of its mother and so I decided to leave it in the nest.

With me I only bring the perfume of the flower, the freedom of the butterflies and the gratitude in the eyes of the little bird´s mother.

“How can I show you what I brought….I didn´t bring anything?”, Clara said and greatly moving the teacher.

The teacher thanked Clara and told her that she was the only one to understand that love is not  a trophy.

Love is only found in one´s heart.

Vocabulary

Child = niño

Asked = preguntó

Therefore = por tanto

Told = les dijo

Yard = patio

Bring = traer

Could = podría

Feelings = sentimientos

Later = mas tarde

Came back = volvieron

Began = empezaron

Had found = habían encontrado

Brought = trajeron

Nest = nido

Cute = gracioso

Mistletoe = muérdago

Saw = vio

Brought anything = traído nada

Shyly = tímidamente

Smelled = olío

Thought = penso

Picking = arrancar

Left = la dejé

So = para que

Could give off = podía exhalar

Longer = mas tiempo

Butterflies = mariposas

Looked = parecian

Dare = atrevia

Went up = subí

Sad look = mirada triste

Leave = dejarlo

Freedom = libertad

Show = mostrar

Greatly moving = emocionando mucho

Only one = la única

Understand = entender

Only found = solo se encuentra
Heart = corazón

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TqJa0RZOUc

Official video of Oasis "Let there be love"

Lyrics

Who kicked a hole in the sky                             Quien hizo un agujero en el cielo
So the heavens would cry over me?                   para que el cielo llorara por mi?
Who stole the soul from the sun                         Quien robó el alma del sol
In a world come undone at the seams?               en un mundo roto?

Let there be love                                               Que haya amor
Let there be love

I hope the weather is calm                                 Espero que se calme el tiempo
As you sail up your heavenly stream                  Mientras navegas en tu arroyo celestial
Suspended clear in the sky                                Suspendido en el cielo
Are the words that we sing in our dreams            Son las palabras que cantamos en nuestros sueños 

Let there be love
Let there be love
Let there be love
Let there be love

Come on, baby blue                                          Vamos niña azul
Shake up your tired eyes                                   abre tus ojos cansado
The world is waiting for you                               El mundo te espera
May all your dreaming fill the empty sky             Que todos tus sueños llenen el cielo vacio

But if it makes you happy                                  pero si te hace feliz
Keep on clapping                                              sigue aplaudiendo
Just remember I'll be by your side                      solo recuerda que estaré a tu lado
And if you don't let go, it's gonna pass you by     y si no lo sueltas, lo perderás

Who kicked a hole in the sky                             Quien hizo un agujero en el cielo
So the heavens would cry over me?                   para que el cielo llorara por mi?
Who stole the soul from the sun                         Quien robó el alma del sol
In a world come undone at the seams?               en un mundo roto? 

Let there be love                                               Que haya amor
Let there be love
Let there be love
Let there be love

Let there be love
Let there be love
Let there be love
Let there be love

Read more: Oasis - Let There Be Love Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

352. SUNNY-SIDE UP

SUNNY-SIDE UP

Si quieres pedir un huevo frito en los Estados Unidos, se dice “Sunny-side up" please.

“Sunny” significa soleado, y “side”, lado. Así que literalmente sería: “El lado soleado arriba”

One day it will be normal to fry sunny-side up eggs in the street because it will be so hot to do it.

Our planet Earth is getting hotter and hotter because of global warming.

If global warming continues because industrialized countries don´t give a shit, or don´t reach an agreement to do something about this serious problem, then the temperature of our planet will increase so much that people will not be able to go outside into the street…..unless they want to risk turning into a sunny-side up egg.

Apart from not being able to walk outside, it will also be impossible to go to the beach, unless you want to fry like an egg and burn yourself to death.

The effects on life as we know it will be devastating.

Global warming is real and is caused by the burning of fossil fuels which pump carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.

Ice is melting in both polar ice caps and mountain glaciers.

Lakes and seas are warming rapidly.

As ice melts, the ocean levels rise and coastal cities will probably disappear.

The hottest summer in history was this year in 2015….and it´s logical to think that it will be hotter in the years to come.

Extreme weather, such as tornados, hurricanes, severe snowstorms and droughts are the effects of global warming.

Drought

Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by cars, trucks busses and airplanes, is the main pollutant that is warming our planet Earth.

Smog floating over cities is the most familiar and obvious form of air pollution.

Smog over Madrid

The burning of fossil fuels such as gasoline and natural gasses are poisoning our planet and people.

In cities such as Peking, Los Angeles and Madrid, people are breathing toxic gasses.

Short-tern effects on people are irritation to the eyes, nose and throat, and upper respiratory infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia, headaches, nausea, and allergic reactions.

This short term air pollution can aggravate the conditions of people who suffer from asthma and emphysema.

Long term health effects can include chronic respiratory disease, lung cancer, heart disease, brain damage and liver or kidneys problems.

Let´s hope that the 2015 United Nations Climate conference will come to a universal agreement on global warming and stop the devastating consequences which are having a disastrous effect on our planet Earth……..before it´s too late.

Vocabulary

Sunny-side up = huevo frito

Sunny = soleado

Side = lado

Getting hotter = hacienda mas calor

Global warming = calentamiento global

Don´t give a shit = no importar un bledo / huevo

Reach = llegar

So much = tanto/tanta

Will not be able = no podrán

Unless = al menos que

Turning into = convertiendose

Like = como

Burn = quemarse

As we know it = como actualmente lo conocemos

Pump = bombea

Melting = derritiendo

Warming = calentándose

As = al

Snowtorms = tormentas de nieve

Droughts = sequias

Main = principal

Floating over = flotando sobre

Throat = garganta

Such as = tal como

Headaches = dolores de cabeza

Liver = hígado

Kidneys = riñones

Let´s hope = Esperemos

Will come = llegaran

aggreement = acuerdo

Too late = demasiado tarde

James Taylor sings " Fire and rain"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3uaXCJcRrE