IDIOMS AND FIXED PHRASES (UPSTREAM) Idioms related with colours: ONCE IN A BLUE MOON (Una vez cada

muerte de obispo) TO BE BLACK AND BLUE ALL OVER (Estar lleno de moretones) TO HAVE GREEN FINGERS ( IN AmE: TO HAVE A GREEN THUMB) (Tener buena mano para la jardineria) TO BE A BIT GREEN (Ser inmaduro) A LITTLE WHITE LIE (Un mentira piadosa) TO SEE IN BLACK AND WHITE (Ver algo claramente) Idioms related to animals: TO HAVE BUTTERFLIES IN THE STOMACH (Tener mariposas en el estomago) TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE (Matar dos pajaros de un tiro) TO TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS (Tomar el toro por las astas) TO HAVE CROCODRILE TEARS (Tener lgrimas de cocodrilo) LIONS SHARE ( AS SICK AS A DOG (to be very ill) Fixed phrases TO TAKE THE HAT OFF TO... (sacarse el sombrero por...) ON THE GO (to be active and busy)

HOLD STILL (to wait) TO HAVE A HEART OF GOLD (Tener un corazon de oro) TO BE HAVING A GO AT (Do not show gratitude) LOSE HEART (To be disappointed) TO KEEP YOUR HEAD (To remain calm) TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED (To be criticised) TO BE OUT AND ABOUT (To be active all the time) TO CLEAR THE AIR ( TO BE VANISHED INTO THIN (To dessapear) TO TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER (No aceptar un no como respuesta) REFUSED TO PLAY BALL (Negarse a un acuerdo) DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN ( AS QUIET AS GRAVE ( AS TOUGH AS OLD BOATS ( AS DIFFERENTS AS CHALK ANS CHEESE (Ser tan diferrentes como el agua y el aceite) AS GOOD AS GOLD (Valer oro) AS KEEN AS MUSTARD (

ON THE CARDS ( A GOOD CAUSE (Una buena causa) TO MAKE IT CLEAR (Hacer algo para que se entienda) TO HAVE HER/HIS HEAD IN THE CLOUDS (Tener la cabeza por las nubes) TO GET VERY HOT UNDER THE COLLAR (To be very angry) TO HAVE TO LIVE OUT (To travel a lot) TO DROP YOU A LINE (Enviar unas lineas) TO PUT MY FEET UP (To relax) IN THE NICK OF TIME (A ultimo momento) TO LEND A EAR (Prestar una oreja) EARLY DAYS (Very soon to take a desision) TO COST THE EATH (Very espensive) ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT (Al borde de la silla) cuando algo es muy interesante TO MAKE ENDS MEET (Llegar a fin de mes)