Idioms and idioms are part of the culture of a people, based on experiences that have been learned from ancestors and that are inherited from generation to generation.
These phrases are used as ways to warn a person about an event, someone’s behavior or an event that may happen.
In this article you will find a compilation of phrases made in Spanish explaining its meaning.
The most important and used phrases in Spanish
This is a series of phrases in Spanish about advice and ways to understand life.
1. That’s a piece of cake.
This phrase is said when something is very easy to do.
2. Each pig gets its own Saint Martin.
It refers to the fact that each person has to pay for what they do.
3. Sleep it off.
It indicates that a person falls asleep very deeply.
4. Send eggs.
It is used to indicate that we do not like or dislike something.
5. Have something on the tip of your tongue.
It is used when we do not remember something that we know we know, but it does not come to us at the moment.
6. Stay with your mouth open.
Phrase in Spanish widely used after receiving a surprise, whether pleasant or not.
7. Have a salt shaker.
It is said of a person who is funny both in the way he speaks and in the way he acts.
8. Cost an arm and a leg.
It is used to say that something is very expensive.
9. Let your guard down.
It is used when we trust a person, after reassuring ourselves after an upset.
10. Screw up.
It is said when we do or say something that should not have been done or said.
11. Be like May water.
It means that something happens or something is achieved that is very good.
12. Like wood, like wood.
It is usually used to refer to the defects or virtues of a child in relation to his father, mother or other family members.
13. Prevention is better than cure.
It is better to find the necessary means so that a situation does not come to an end without any solution.
14. Going around the bush.
It indicates that someone is leaving for unimportant things and moving away from the main topic.
15. To God begging and with the gavel giving.
It means that when we want to obtain something, it is good to ask God, but we must also do everything in our power to achieve it.
16. To a fleeing enemy, a silver bridge.
It is used when someone facilitates the escape of an opponent, instead of confronting him.
17. Being in trouble.
It means being aware of something that is very secretive.
18. Lose your mind.
It is when a person goes crazy about something or someone.
19. Being in Babia.
It is said when a person is not aware of what is happening around them.
20. At the first opportunity.
It means that you have to take advantage of the opportunities that arise.
21. Have the upper hand.
Indicates that a situation is under control.
22. Be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
It is when a situation gradually gets worse and reaches a point where it explodes, even if it is due to an insignificant cause.
23. Staying fried.
It is falling asleep immediately. Usually due to great fatigue.
24. All that glitters is not gold.
Its meaning is that everything that seems good, really is not.
25. More and better.
Denotes impetus or excess of action or situation.
26. Drowning in a glass of water.
It indicates that a very small or insignificant problem is given a lot of importance.
27. Go fuck the pig.
Expression that is said to a person who is very annoying or spoils something.
28. Not mincing words.
That is saying things clearly and directly, regardless of the opinions of others.
29. Eat the coconut.
It indicates that a lot of thought is given to a situation or problem.
It is said of a person who places himself at the center of everything.
31. God helps those who get up early.
It indicates that the person who is active in everything he undertakes will do very well.
32. Raise fame and go to sleep.
It is used to indicate someone’s reputation.
33. To the bread, bread and to the wine, wine.
It means that you have to be frank and sincere when you say or talk about something.
34. Don’t touch my palms, I know myself.
It mentions a person who is very easy to convince.
35. Catching a song in your teeth.
It is used when the final result of something is much better than expected.
36. Kill the bug.
It is said when you eat something to satisfy hunger.
37. Spend the night in white.
It is a person who cannot sleep because he thinks about a problem or situation he is going through.
38. Take out the dirty rags.
It is when personal problems are aired regardless of the time or occasion.
39. Dance to the tune they play.
It means that a person abides by the decisions made by others without protest.
40. Clean slate.
It indicates that a person forgets mistakes, offenses, debts and anger and starts again.
41. Talk out loud.
It refers to a person who talks a lot.
42. Get married as a penalty.
It is when a marriage occurs due to an unforeseen pregnancy.
43. Whoever warns is not a traitor.
It refers to someone warning another person that they will have to face the consequences if they do not respect what is established.
44. Being teased.
It means that someone is deceiving, mocking, or making another person believe that something is true, when in fact it is a lie.
45. Find the cat’s three legs.
It is usually used to indicate that something is inexplicable or to justify something that has no justification.
46. Close ranks around someone.
It is used to say that a person must be protected.
47. Wrap the blanket around your head.
It indicates that a decision has been made without thinking about the consequences.
48. Being out of communion.
It is said of an evil or perverse person.
49. It cost me a kidney.
It is said when something is too expensive or exclusive to obtain.
50. Like Peter around his house.
It refers to that person who moves freely in a foreign place.
51. Missing two summers.
It indicates that a person is stupid, immature or crazy, because they do things that make no sense.
52. Have a mental pie.
It is when a person is confused or does not have a clear idea about something.
53. Falling something under its own weight.
It indicates that something is obvious or evident.
54. Each sheep with its partner.
This phrase means that, when looking for a partner, you should make sure that they have similar tastes.
55. Where is Vicente going? Where people go.
It refers to a person who does not have his own criteria and imitates the behavior of others.
56. War warned does not kill soldiers.
It is used to say that we are warned about a situation that is dangerous.
57. Green old man.
It is to refer to older men who are attracted to very young women.
58. Being like a shower.
indicates that a person has inappropriate behavior.
59. Conspicuous by its absence.
It is said when a person does not arrive at a place where they are expected.
60. Drink the winds for someone.
It is used to refer to a person who is madly in love with another or to indicate when someone wants to achieve something material out of ambition.
61. Pay the price.
It refers to a person who is blamed for something they did not do or is not the only one to blame.
62. The bun oven is not there.
It is used when a person or situation can no longer withstand tension.
63. I shit in the milk.
Express anger or irritation at something.
64. Your feather duster is visible.
It is when a person’s bad intentions are clearly noted.
65. We are muleteers and on the road we will meet.
It indicates that the good or bad actions that a person has against someone will have positive or negative repercussions in the future.
66. New year, new life.
Very popular expression that indicates that the new year is a new beginning.
67. There the sun sets where they give me wine and ham for dinner.
Indicates the value of both ham and wine.
68. Better late than never.
Highlight the importance of doing things, even if it is late.
69. He who covers a lot, squeezes little.
It means that whoever tries to do many things at the same time will not be able to do any of them well.
70. In less than a rooster crows.
Indicates speed or promptness.
71. Add more fuel to the fire.
It refers to the fact that a person contributes to increasing the anger or anger of someone else.
72. Ready for candy.
It is the optimal time to do something.
73. Get your act together.
It is told to a person as a warning to be more active and responsible in something they must do.
74. Standing up.
It’s when someone doesn’t show up for a meeting.
75. Making a mess of your dick.
It is said when someone is confused, or very prone to making mistakes.
76. Tell truths like temples.
When something that is evident is confirmed.
77. Not having the chichi for lanterns.
It’s a warning to say that you’re not in the mood to put up with nonsense.
78. Withstand the downpour.
It indicates that you have to endure someone else’s scolding.
79. The greater the courtesy, the greater the care.
It indicates that you have to be careful with those people who flatter too much, since they can be treacherous.
80. God squeezes, but does not suffocate,
It refers to having confidence that things will improve.
81. The habit does not make the monk
People should not be judged by their external appearance.
82. Better to cry in the valley.
This phrase is used to refer to someone who complains or regrets something that happened to them.
83. In bad weather, a good face.
It is a very popular saying that revolves around the idea of having conformity or willingness in the face of adversity.
84. Biting your tongue.
It refers to holding back or repressing oneself with effort so as not to say something that one would like to be able to divulge.
85. Be in the clouds.
It’s being distracted.
86. Get into hands.
It refers to a fight.
87. Like someone who doesn’t want the thing.
It refers to a person who acts surreptitiously so as not to arouse suspicion.
88. Cuckolding.
It is a synonym for infidelity.
89. Lend a hand.
It is helping a person selflessly.
90. Get laid.
It refers to having sexual relations quickly.
91. Let them give you blood sausage.
Indicates contempt, rejection or disinterest towards a person.
92. Being involved in all the messes.
It refers to being involved in entanglements, complicated and conflictive situations.
93. You won’t go to bed without knowing one more thing.
He points out the importance of learning something new every day, since it becomes something valuable.
94. For great evils, great remedies.
You have to face problems with courage and optimism.
95. Third time’s the charm.
There are always opportunities to achieve the proposed objectives.
96. Money calls money.
It means that you need to invest money to be able to earn more.
97. Pick the radish by the leaves.
Phrase that translates as interpreting something wrongly.
98. Take a leap of faith.
It is synonymous with deception or a scam.
99. With you bread and onion.
It means being with you through thick and thin.
100. Spend the night in white.
It is said about mockery, deception or making one believe something that is not.
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