VOCAB, IDIOMS, EXPRESSIONS AND SO ON. UNIT 6

• To recoil = to spring back, to go back.
• Assertion = statement.
• To have a memory like an elephant = to have a great memory.
• To eat like a horse = to eat large amounts of food.
• To be a big fish = to be a powerful, rich person.
• To let the cat out of the bag = to reveal a secret to sb. ('irse de la lengua').
• 'Elvis has left the building' = 'This is over' ('se acabó lo que se daba').
• To cry over the spilt milk = to regret sth. you've done.
• To take sth. with a grain of salt = not to get angry with sth.
• To be the best thing since sliced bread (American) = to be awesome.
• To cost an arm and a leg = to be very expensive.
• To sit on the fence = not to be able to make up your mind.
• To be the devil's advocate = to contradict sb.'s opinion.
• 'Speak of the devil' = ('hablando del rey de Roma').
• To let sleeping the dogs lie = to let it be before it goes worse.
• 'Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched' = 'don't guarantee sth. before it happens'.
• Loan = lent money.
• To have the heart in the right place = to always have the best intention.
• 'My heart isn't in it' = 'I don't care'.
• To have a bad hair day = to have a terrible day.
• To have a gut feeling = to have a premonition of sth.
• To have a head start = ('tener ventaja').
• Young blood (business) = skilful young workers.
• To rain cats and dogs = to pour.
• To be like water off a duck's back = to be sth. which does not interest to anyone.
• To be a night owl = to go out at night.
• To be queer fish = to love swimming.
• To be a wolf in sheep's clothing = to be someone different from which they seem to.
• To have an egg on the face = to get embarrassed.