1 1.colours Black coffeeCafé solo To be in the blackEstar sin saldo A black-outApagón/un lapsus,pérdida de conciencia A blue joke/film/bookChiste verde A black eyeOjo morado To feel bluesentirsetriste To have green fingersSer un manitas para el jardín To see pink elephantsTener alucinaciones To paint the town redIrse de juerga To catch somebody red handedPillar robando White coffeeCafé con leche A white lieMentira piadosa A white elephantUn trasto Idioms:Colours 1-After having a few drinks they were ready to paint the town _________ red 2-The shop assistant caught her________________-handed when she was slipping a lipstick into her pocket. Red 3-Today she feels miserable. She is in a _________________mood 4-After the accident she had a _______________---out. She can’t remember anything. 5-She blushes whenever somebody tells a ____________joke. 6-She told a _____________lie to avoid hurting her husband’s feelings blue black blue white

2 2-Nationalities,geographical names,proper names For all the tea in China To build castles in Spain To talk double Dutch It’s Greek to me John Bull Uncle Sam Nosey Parker To live the life of Riley Every Jack has his Jill Even Homer sometimes nods Before you can say Jack Robinson We are even Stephens 2-She is very quick in the kitchen.She gets everything ready before you can say____________ 1-Stop complaining. You are living the life of___________________ 3-He is a real _________________________:he has bacon and eggs for breakfast,tea at five and keeps up all the traditions. 4-I wouldn’t do that for all the tea in _____________- 5-You must keep your feet on the ground and stop building castles in_______ Riley Jack Robinson China Spain John Bull Por todo el oro del mundo Construir castillos en el aire Hablar en chino No entender ni jota Típico inglés Gobierno Americano curioso Vivir a cuerpo de rey Cada oveja con su pareja Quien tiene boca se equivoca En un santiamén Estamos en paz Nationalities,geographical names,proper names

3 Animals To let the cat out of the bag There isn’t room to swing a cat A copy cat To put the cat among the pigeons To rain cats and dogs To be a chicken Like a dog with two tails Let sleeping dogs lie Dog eared Hen party Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth Hold your horses To put the cart before the horse The lion’s share Stag party To talk turkey Guinea pig To get goose flesh To smell a rat A bookworm At a snail’s pace To have a bee in my/your/his.. Bonnet To have butterflies in my/your..stomach To kill two birds with one stone The early bird catches the worm Irse de la lengua No cabe ni un alfiler Copión,mono de repeticióm Formar un gran revuelo Llover a cántaros Ser un cobarde Muy feliz y orgulloso No meter el dedo en la llaga Libro con las hojas dobladas Despedida de soltera A caballo regalado no le mires el diente Para el carro Empezar la casa por el tejado El que parte y reparte lleva la mejor parte Despedida de soltero Hablar con franqueza y sin rodeos Conejillo de indias Ponerse la carne de gallina Haber gato encerrado Ratón de biblioteca A paso de tortuga Tener una idea entre ceja y ceja Tener un nudo en el estómago Matar dos pájaros de un tiro A quien madruga,Dios le ayuda

4 4-food,meals,the body To butter somebody up To sell like hot cakes Say cheese As flat as a pancake To be the apple of my/your/his…eye To spill the beans Not care a fig As cool as a cucumber In a nutshell Heads or tails To pull your/my… leg On the tip of my/your/…tongue By heart Hacer la pelota Vender como rosquillas Decir patata Tan liso como una tabla Ser el ojo derecho desembuchar Me importa un pimiento Más fresco que una lechuga Cara o cruz En resumen Tomar el pelo En la punta de la lengua De memoria