cancel the deal

¿tienes problemas de dinero? — do you have any money worries o financial problems?

nos está creando muchos problemas — it is causing us a lot of problems o a lot of trouble

problemas económicos — financial difficulties o problems

no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

nos está creando muchos problemas — it is causing us a lot of problems o a lot of trouble

problemas económicos — financial difficulties o problems

no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

Ex: Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.

let's call the whole thing off — blasen wir die ganze Sache ab (inf)

to call off the dogs (fig) — die Angriffe einstellen, die Hetzhunde zurückpfeifen (inf)

let's call the whole thing off — lasciamo perdere (tutta la faccenda); call off [sb.], call [sb.] off richiamare [soldier, dog]

let's call the whole thing off — lasciamo perdere (tutta la faccenda); call off [sb.], call [sb.] off richiamare [soldier, dog]

la fecha había sido cuidadosamente borrada — the date had been carefully rubbed out o erased

borra lo que has puesto en la pizarra — rub off o clean off what you've put on the blackboard

bórralo con Tippex — white it out with Tipp-Ex ®, tippex it out

he borrado todos los mensajes del contestador — I've erased o deleted all the messages on the answering machine

¿no habrás borrado el partido de fútbol? — you haven't taped over o erased the football match, have you?

he borrado de mi mente aquellas imágenes — I have wiped away o erased those images from my mind

consiguió borrar aquellos malos recuerdos — he managed to wipe away o erase all those painful memories

era como si se hubieran borrado 40 años de la historia — it was as if 40 years of history had been wiped clean o erased

borrar a algn de — [+ clase, actividad] to take sb out of, remove sb from; [+ lista, curso] to take sb off, remove sb from

bórranos de la excursión del sábado — take us off the list for Saturday's outing, count us out of Saturday's outing *

borrar a algn — euf to deal with sb, dispose of sb

se borró con la lluvia — the rain washed it away o off

yo me borro — I'm taking off (AmE), I'm off (BrE colloq)

se borró con la lluvia — the rain washed it away o off

yo me borro — I'm taking off (AmE), I'm off (BrE colloq)

Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

die Milch/das Fleisch ist schlecht — the milk/meat has gone off or is off (Brit), the milk/meat has gone bad or is bad

schlecht werden — to go off (Brit) or bad

schlecht aussehen (Mensch) — to look bad or sick or ill; (Lage) to look bad

schlecht bezahlt (Person, Job) — low-paid, badly paid

sich schlecht vertragen (Menschen) — to get along badly; (Dinge, Farben etc) not to go well together

das lässt sich schlecht machen, das geht schlecht — that's not really possible or on (inf)

mehr schlecht als recht (hum) — after a fashion

er hat nicht schlecht gestaunt — he wasn't half surprised (Brit inf), he was very surprised

mit jemandem od. um jemanden/mit etwas steht es schlecht — somebody/something is in a bad way

jemanden schlecht machen — (herabsetzen) run somebody down; disparage somebody

über jemanden od. von jemandem schlecht sprechen — speak ill of somebody

schlecht bezahlt — badly or poorly paid

mit jemandem od. um jemanden/mit etwas steht es schlecht — somebody/something is in a bad way

jemanden schlecht machen — (herabsetzen) run somebody down; disparage somebody

über jemanden od. von jemandem schlecht sprechen — speak ill of somebody

schlecht bezahlt — badly or poorly paid

saltare addosso a qn — (aggredire) to attack sb

salta su! — (in macchina) jump in!, (su moto, bici) jump on!

saltare al collo di qn — (in segno di affetto) to throw one's arms round sb's neck, (per strangolarlo) to grab sb by the neck

far saltare il banco Giochi — to break the bank

saltare fuori con — (dire improvvisamente) to come out with

dall'auto sono saltati fuori due ladri — two thieves jumped o leapt out of the car

saltare di ramo in ramo — to leap through the trees o from branch to branch

saltare su un taxi, un treno — to jump o hop into a taxi, onto a train

saltare in o per aria [edificio, ponte] to blow up, to explode, to go up; fare saltare una cassaforte to blow a safe; fare saltare il banco — gioc. to break the bank

fare saltare il governo — to bring down o topple the government

fare saltare qcn. — (licenziare) to fire sb

saltare la corda — to skip BE o jump AE rope

saltare tre metri — to jump o leap three metres

saltare il (proprio) turno — gioc. to miss one's turn

saltare agli occhi di qcn. — (essere evidente) to leap at sb.

non saltare alle conclusioni! — don't jump o leap to conclusions!

saltare addosso a qcn. — (aggredire fisicamente) to jump sb.; (assalire verbalmente) to jump on sb.