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Expresiones y frases - Letra H
Idioms - Letter H
hale and hearty | fuerte como un roble |
half-assed/hearted | poco entusiasta |
half-baked | disparatado |
hammer and tongs | a brazo partido |
hand in glove | confabulado |
hand over fist | a patadas |
- My grandmother is 83 but she's hale and hearty. She even rides her bike every morning!
- Kim must hate her job. She always comes and does everything half-assed.
- Liz says she's moving to Moscow, another one of her half-baked ideas.
- Ben and Grace had a terrible argument today. They were at it hammer and tongs.
- Jane and Ellen are working hand in glove to make me quit my job. I know it!
- After a series of bad investments, the company started losing money hand over fist.
hanky-panky | tejemanejes |
happily ever after | felices para siempre |
happy-go-lucky | despreocupado |
hard to swallow | difícil de creer |
high and mighty | altanero |
high water mark | punto culminante |
- Fran's husband was up to some hanky-panky with the neighbour. She kicked him out.
- Not everyone lives happily ever after once they get married.
- I wish I were as happy-go-lucky as you: no worries, no stress, just enjoying life.
- I don't know why, but I find the news a bit hard to swallow.
- John acts all high and mighty just because the boss liked his report.
- Playing at venues such as Madison Square Garden is a high water mark for any band.
honest to God | lo juro por Dios |
horse of another color | harina de otro costal |
hot air | sólo palabrería |
hot and bothered | furioso |
hot off the press | de última hora |
hot under the collar | furioso |
- I didn't break that window, madam! I swear! Honest to God!
- Well, he's enlisted in the army, but whether he'll resist or not, that's a horse of another color.
- Don't be fooled by Jack's ranting. It's just hot air.
- Peter gets hot and bothered every time I tell him I'm going to throw all his magazines away.
- Journalists struggle to give all the latest news hot off the press.
- Every time I try to talk to Ben about what happened with Joe, he gets all hot under the collar.