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Spanish animal expressions

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ponerse como una guinda

to go red

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ponerse como un trompo

to eat until you are ready to burst

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comer como un cerdo

eat like a pig

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estar fuerte como un toro

as strong as an ox

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ser una hormiguita

to always be working or thrifty

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ser una gallina

be a chicken or coward

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ser rata

stingy, mean

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pagar el pato

to punish someone when they don't deserve it

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sentir mariposas en el estómago

to get butterflies in your stomach

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a otra cosa mariposas

to change subject

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vender la piel del oso antes de cazarla

celebrate something before you have achieved it

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más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando

a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush (better to hold on to something you already have than risk losing it)

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tener pájaros en la cabeza

idealist (negative way)

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ser un gallo o gallito

to be looking for trouble

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ir como una tortuga

to be slow

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como un pez en el agua

comfortable, natural

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