Bot (madera)

de roble — oak antes de s

de roble macizo — of solid oak, solid oak antes de s

más fuerte que un roble — as strong as an ox

más fuerte que un roble — as strong as an ox

Ex: The article 'Underneath the oak trees' describes the use of an underground building for a library.

en pino — (=vertical) upright, vertical; (=de pie) standing

en el quinto pino — (Esp fam) miles away

en el quinto pino — (Esp fam) miles away

Ex: The distinctive feature of the library is the dome-shaped ceiling with cross beams in stained pine = La característica distintiva de la biblioteca es el techo en forma de cúpula con vigas cruzadas de pino teñido.

la hoja — LAm ** pot *, hash *

hojas sueltas — loose sheets, loose-leaf paper sing

volver la hoja — (lit) to turn the page; (=cambiar de tema) to change the subject; (=cambiar de actividad) to turn over a new leaf

hoja de ruta — waybill; (fig) road map

hoja de trabajo — (Inform) worksheet

hoja de vida — And curriculum vitae, résumé (EEUU), CV

hoja plegadiza — flap ( of table etc)

temblar como una hoja — to shake like a leaf

temblar como una hoja — to shake like a leaf

Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in finding and managing to keep a broken and discarded hacksaw blade he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex: German, Scandinavian, and probably Italian presses, on the other hand, had no cap, and the head was adjusted by the insertion of packing both above and below the head tenons.

• política de palo y zanahoria — carrot and stick policy

palo de amasar — Arg, Uru rolling pin

• dar o pegar un palo a algn — (=golpear) to hit sb with a stick; * (=timar) to rip sb off *

los críticos le dieron un palo a la obra — the critics slated the play *

vaya palo me pegaron en ese restaurante — they really ripped me off in that restaurant *

ni a palos * —

ni a palos va a aprender la lección — there's no way he's going to learn the lesson *

ni a palos me voy yo de aquí dejándote sola — wild horses wouldn't make me go off and leave you on your own, there's no way I would go off and leave you on your own *

es un palo que te bajen el sueldo — it's a real bummer ** o nightmare * that they're cutting your salary

¡qué palo si suspendo! — it'll be a real bummer ** o nightmare * if I fail!

• dar palo, me daría palo que se enterase — I would hate it if he found out

• llevarse un palo, nos llevamos un palo muy gordo cuando descubrimos la verdad — it was a real blow when we found out the truth

no pasa un día a palo seco — Ven he never goes a single day without a drink

palo del triunfo — trump suit, trumps pl

palo de hule — CAm rubber tree

palo grueso — big shot *

echar un palo — to have a screw ***

cayó un palo de agua — the rain came pouring down, there was a huge downpour *

(flaco) como un palo — (fam) as thin as a rake o rail

más tieso que un palo — as stiff as a board

de tal palo, tal astilla — a chip off the old block, like father like son (o like mother like daughter etc)

a palo seco — (fam)

no está el palo para cucharas — (Col fam) the time isn't right

lo molieron a palos — they beat him till he was black and blue

dar palos de ciego — ( al pelear) to lash o strike out blindly; ( al resolver un problema) to grope in the dark

ni a palo(s) — (AmS) no way

palos porque bogas, palos porque no bogas — you can't win

darle or pegarle un palo a alguien — to rip somebody off (colloq)

(flaco) como un palo — (fam) as thin as a rake o rail

más tieso que un palo — as stiff as a board

de tal palo, tal astilla — a chip off the old block, like father like son (o like mother like daughter etc)

a palo seco — (fam)

no está el palo para cucharas — (Col fam) the time isn't right

lo molieron a palos — they beat him till he was black and blue

dar palos de ciego — ( al pelear) to lash o strike out blindly; ( al resolver un problema) to grope in the dark

ni a palo(s) — (AmS) no way

palos porque bogas, palos porque no bogas — you can't win

darle or pegarle un palo a alguien — to rip somebody off (colloq)

Ex: The ball pelts, which were usually sheepskin, were fixed to the handles with nails which were only lightly knocked in, and were removed after the day's work (and often during the midday break as well).

tronco de Navidad — (Culin) yule log

María y su tronco — María and her bloke *

-oye, tronco — "hey, man" *

dormir como un tronco — to sleep like a log

estar como un tronco — to be dead to the world (colloq)

es un tronco — he's useless; (colloq)

dormir como un tronco — to sleep like a log

estar como un tronco — to be dead to the world (colloq)

es un tronco — he's useless; (colloq)

Ex: Wood pulp can be made either by grinding up untreated logs (when it is called mechanical wood, or groundwood), or by digesting wood chips chemically (chemical wood).

pasarse de castaño oscuro — (fam) comentario to be out of line (colloq); situación to be beyond a joke

pasarse de castaño oscuro — (fam) comentario to be out of line (colloq); situación to be beyond a joke

Ex: In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.

Ex: With its purchase the newspaper staff took on 99% of the press work required to print the ' Maroon and White' newspaper.