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Idioms are majorly used by native speakers. If you are learning Spanish then you must aware about the top 10 Spanish native idioms which are helpful in your learning. With the help of the below idioms you can communicate with Spanish speakers easily.
Learning about Spanish idioms is not only you can understand the Spanish language or even it will make you some natural like a native speaker.
So let???s start with Top 10 Spanish Native Idioms?? and discover the meaning of native idioms and how you are going to use while talking with a Spanish speaker.
Top 10 Spanish native idioms :-
1.??Dar en el clavo
Literal meaning: Hit on the nail
English: To be assertive
Example: ???Nuestro gobierno nunca parece dar en el clavo con sus decisions???
(Our government never seems to hit on the nail with their decisions)
2. Echar agua al mar??
Literal meaning : to throw water into the sea
English : To do something pointless / To put a drop in the bucket
Example: ???Tratar de convencerla es como echar agua al mar. Ella nunca va a cambiar.??? (Trying to convince her is pointless. She???s never going to change.)
3.??Ser u??a y carne
Literal meaning : to be fingernail and flesh
English: To be bosom buddies
Example: ???Juan y Pedro son u??a y carne.??? ( John and Peter are bosom buddies.)
??4. Quedarse de piedra
Literal meaning : stay like a stone
English: To be bosom buddies
Example: ???Me qued?? de piedra cuando me dijo la historia.??? (I was stunned when he told me the story.)
5. No tener pelos en la lengua
English:??To be straightforward / To tell it like it is
Literal Meaning : not to have hairs on your tongue
example: ???Mi amigo no tiene pelos en la lengua.??? (My friend tells it how it is.)
6. ??Lo dijo de labios para fuera
Literal Meaning : he said it from the lips outwards
English:??To say something you didn???t mean
example: ???Lo dijo de labios para fuera cuando dijo que era culpable.??? (He didn???t mean it when he said he was guilty.)
7. ??Dormirse en los laureles
Literal meaning: Fall asleep in the laurels
English: To cease to make an effort after achieving success
Example: Nuestro equipo simplemente se ha dormido en los laureles.??Our team has simply fallen asleep on the laurels.
8.??Estar m??s sano que una pera
English:??To be fit as a fiddle
Literal Meaning : to be healthier than a pear
example: ???Mi abuela tiene 85 a??os, pero est?? m??s sana que una pera.??? (My grandmother is 85, but she???s as fit as a fiddle.)
9.??Tener un humor de perros
English:??To be in a bad mood
Literal Meaning : to have a mood of dogs
example: ???Ellos tienen un humor de perros porque no aprobaron los ex??menes en la universidad.??? (They???re in a bad mood because they didn???t pass their exams at the university.)
10. ??Tiene m??s lana que un borrego
English:??To be loaded [with cash]
Literal Meaning: ???he has more wool than a lamb
For example: ?????l pag?? la cuenta en el restaurante porque tiene m??s lana que un borrego???. (He paid the bill in the restaurant because he???s loaded with cash.)
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