of lean habit

años flacos — LAm lean years

ponerse flaco — LAm to get thin

Ex: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.

¡deja ya de empujar, no seas tan animal! — stop pushing, you great oaf o brute

¡el muy animal se comió tres platos! — he had three helpings, the oaf o pig!

animal de carga — (=burro, buey) beast of burden

¡me tratas como a un animal de carga! — what did your last servant die of? *

animal de tiro — draught animal, draft animal (EEUU)

animal doméstico — [de compañía] pet; [de granja] domestic animal

¡animal!, tres y dos son cinco — you fool o moron *, three plus two makes five

comer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)

comer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)

Ex: Common names are, for example, names of animals, tools, diseases, and chemicals.

me quito — And * I'm off, I must be going

Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

lo puedes pegar con celo — you can stick it on with Sellotape ®, you can sellotape it on

es un crimen pegar a los niños — it's a crime to hit o smack children

• me pegó un golpe — he hit me

• pegar un grito — to shout, cry out

• le han pegado un puntapié — they gave him a kick, they kicked him

• pegar un salto — to jump ( with fright {etc}4})

• pegar un susto a algn — to scare sb, give sb a fright

• le pegaron un tiro — they shot him

pegar una silla a una pared — to move o put a chair up against a wall

pegar en algo — (=dar) to hit sth; (=rozar) to touch sth

pegaba con un palo en la puerta — he was pounding on o hitting the door with a stick

ese sombrero no pega con el abrigo — that hat doesn't match o go with the coat

este vino pega (mucho) — this wine is really strong o goes to your head

pegó un póster en la pared — she stuck (o pinned etc) a poster up on the wall

pegarla — (RPl fam) to be dead on (AmE colloq), to be spot on (BrE colloq)

pegarle a alguien — to hit somebody; (a un niño, como castigo) to smack somebody

su disco está pegando fuerte — her record is a big hit (colloq)

no pegar ni con cola — (fam)

me pegué con la mesa — I knocked o hit myself on the table

me pegué en la cabeza — I banged o knocked my head

se pegó un porrazo — (fam) she gave herself a nasty knock

pegársela — (Esp fam) to have a crash

pegársela a alguien — (Esp fam) ( ser infiel) to be unfaithful to somebody

pegarse una ducha — (fam) to take o have a shower

anoche nos pegamos una comilona tremenda — we had an amazing meal (colloq)

me voy a pegar unas vacaciones...! — I'm going to give myself a good vacation o (BrE) holiday

cómo se pega al teléfono! — she never stops yakking on the phone (colloq)

se pegó al or del timbre — she kept her finger on the doorbell

pegó un póster en la pared — she stuck (o pinned etc) a poster up on the wall

pegarla — (RPl fam) to be dead on (AmE colloq), to be spot on (BrE colloq)

pegarle a alguien — to hit somebody; (a un niño, como castigo) to smack somebody

su disco está pegando fuerte — her record is a big hit (colloq)

no pegar ni con cola — (fam)

me pegué con la mesa — I knocked o hit myself on the table

me pegué en la cabeza — I banged o knocked my head

se pegó un porrazo — (fam) she gave herself a nasty knock

pegársela — (Esp fam) to have a crash

pegársela a alguien — (Esp fam) ( ser infiel) to be unfaithful to somebody

pegarse una ducha — (fam) to take o have a shower

anoche nos pegamos una comilona tremenda — we had an amazing meal (colloq)

me voy a pegar unas vacaciones...! — I'm going to give myself a good vacation o (BrE) holiday

cómo se pega al teléfono! — she never stops yakking on the phone (colloq)

se pegó al or del timbre — she kept her finger on the doorbell

Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.

Ex: Then it gets progressively worse as walls are washed away and vehicles plastered against houses and trees.

ceniamo fuori? — (all'aperto) shall we eat outside?, (al ristorante) shall we go out for a meal?, shall we eat out?

mio marito è fuori — my husband is out o is not at home

essere in fuori — (sporgere) to stick out, (denti, occhi) to be prominent

finalmente ne sono fuori — (da un vizio) I've managed to break the habit

far fuori — (fam : soldi) to spend, (cioccolatini) to eat up, (rubare) to nick

far fuori qn fam — to do sb in

essere tagliato fuori — (da un gruppo, ambiente) to be excluded

giocare fuori Sport — to play away

fuori fase — (motore) out of phase

fuori mano — (casa, paese) out of the way, remote

fuori luogo — (osservazione) out of place, uncalled for

è fuori questione o discussione — it's out of the question

essere fuori tempo Mus — to be out of time

essere fuori fam — to be nuts o crazy

da fuori — (dall'esterno) from the outside

al di fuori delle ore di apertura — outside of opening hours; (eccetto) except

il (di) fuori — (parte esterna) the outside

essere fuori — colloq. to be off one's nut, to be out of one's tree; (di prigione) to be out

fare fuori qcn. — (uccidere) to blow sb. away, to do sb. in

fare fuori — to finish off o up [cibo, bevanda]

venir fuori — (essere scoperto) to come out o up