1. ETWINNING 2011 – 12
‘FUN WITH IDIOMS’
POLAND – SPAIN (2nd ESO)

2. ENGLISH IDIOMS

9. The grass always looks greener
on the other side

10. As poor as a church mouse

11. ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

12. N D
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D OG ATS
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13. Two’s company; three’s a crowd
________

14. ‘To be a bookworm’
“To be a library mouse”

15. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

16. • “To pull one’s leg”
In Spanish:
“To pull one’s hair”
(To regret something)

17. “To kill two birds with one
stone”

18. All roads lead to
Rome

19. To take the bull by the horns

20. SPANISH IDIOMS

21. • Literally: BE IN THE LIGHT OF TWO
CANDLES
English: BE BROKE

22. Hablar por hablar
To talk for the sake of talking

23. “Una mentira más grande que
una casa”
A lie bigger than a house

24. SPANISH: A palabras necias, oídos
sordos
LITERAL TRANSLATION : To silly
words, deaf ears
ENGLISH:
Turn a deaf ear to foolish comments

25. ‘El hábito no hace al monje’
(Literally: ‘The habit doesn’t
make the monk’)
‘CLOTHES DON´T MAKE THE
MAN’

26. IN SPANISH: HABLAR POR LOS
CODOS
LITERAL TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH:
SPEAK THROUGH YOUR ELBOWS
IN ENGLISH: TO TALK NONSTOP

28. En abril, aguas mil.
In April, thousands of raindrops.

29. TIRAR LA CASA POR LA VENTANA
Literally: ‘THROW THE HOUSE THROUGH
THE WINDOW’
Meaning: ‘SPEND A LOT OF MONEY’

30. “Llevarse como el perro y el gato”
(Literal translation:
To get on like the cat and the dog)
To fight like cat and dog

31. Se pilla antes a un mentiroso que a
un cojo.
Literally: ‘A liar is caught
earlier than a lame’
English: ‘Lies have short
legs’

32. ENGLISH:
There is more to it than meets the
eye

33. POLISH IDIOMS

34. Wierci
komuś dziurę w brzuchu
Literally: To drill somebody a hole in
a stomach
English: Bother someone to do something.

35. KŁAMSTWO MA KRÓTKIE NOGI
ENGLISH IDIOM: A lie has short legs.
MEANING:
DON’T LIE BECAUSE THE TRUTH ALWAYS WINS

36. Polish: Między młotem, a kowadłem.
Literal Translation: Between hammer and anvil.
People in Poland use this idiom when they don’t know what should they do.
They don’t want hurt anyone.

37. PIĄTE KOŁO U WOZU
In English: filth wheel in a cart
MEANING: something or somebody unnecessary

38. That’s
all
folks!