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1 como un condenado
= like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessedEx. At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.Ex. We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.Ex. With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish.Ex. It's time to start leading by example and not going around like a lunatic all the time, loosing my cool, raving, saying things in the heat of the moment I don't mean.Ex. He was 'driving like a madman' moments before he was involved in a car crash with a lorry, according to an eyewitness.Ex. It was then that Steven himself began behaving like a wild beast, as one possessed, having gone totally berserk.* * *= like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessedEx: At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.
Ex: We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.Ex: With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish.Ex: It's time to start leading by example and not going around like a lunatic all the time, loosing my cool, raving, saying things in the heat of the moment I don't mean.Ex: He was 'driving like a madman' moments before he was involved in a car crash with a lorry, according to an eyewitness.Ex: It was then that Steven himself began behaving like a wild beast, as one possessed, having gone totally berserk. -
2 como la noche y el día
= like oil and water, worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and orangesEx. The two are like oil and water.Ex. International law & cyberspace are not worlds apart anymore.Ex. In many ways they are like chalk and cheese to the point where I find myself even questioning how on earth their relationship works.Ex. Observation and theory are generally like apples and oranges -- they don't interact.* * *= like oil and water, worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and orangesEx: The two are like oil and water.
Ex: International law & cyberspace are not worlds apart anymore.Ex: In many ways they are like chalk and cheese to the point where I find myself even questioning how on earth their relationship works.Ex: Observation and theory are generally like apples and oranges -- they don't interact. -
3 si no te gusta, te aguantas
= like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it, if you don't like it you can lump itEx. The G8 rule, and the rest can like it or lump it.Ex. The US should come out openly and say to the world, 'We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it'.Ex. The US should come out openly and say to the world, 'We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it'.* * *= like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it, if you don't like it you can lump itEx: The G8 rule, and the rest can like it or lump it.
Ex: The US should come out openly and say to the world, 'We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it'.Ex: The US should come out openly and say to the world, 'We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it'. -
4 queramos o no
= like it or not, like them or notEx. Like it or not, that's how it is.Ex. Like them or not, plaits are still in.* * *= like it or not, like them or notEx: Like it or not, that's how it is.
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5 un montonazo
= like crazy, like madEx. We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.Ex. With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish.* * *= like crazy, like madEx: We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.
Ex: With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish. -
6 un montón
= like crazy, like madEx. We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.Ex. With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish.* * *= like crazy, like madEx: We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.
Ex: With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish. -
7 como un elefante en una cacharrería
* * *Ex. Lieberman is conducting himself like an elephant in a china shop and is inflicting strategic damage on Israel's interests.* * *Ex: Lieberman is conducting himself like an elephant in a china shop and is inflicting strategic damage on Israel's interests.
Spanish-English dictionary > como un elefante en una cacharrería
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8 gustar mucho
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9 a tontas y locas
= like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reasonEx. The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.Ex. Many disliked the movement, which was abstract and appeared to be without rhyme or reason.* * *= like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reasonEx: The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.
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10 a troche y moche
Ex. The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.* * *Ex: The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.
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11 como el fuego
Ex. Distance learning is sweeping through higher education like wildfire, and it is simultaneously capturing the interests of libraries and librarians.* * *Ex: Distance learning is sweeping through higher education like wildfire, and it is simultaneously capturing the interests of libraries and librarians.
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12 como en casa
Ex. As a first time vacation home renter, the experience was like home away from home.* * *Ex: As a first time vacation home renter, the experience was like home away from home.
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13 como esto
Ex. And as small as Iowa as, I think something like this can have a far larger effect than you might realize if you live in a large industrial area.* * *Ex: And as small as Iowa as, I think something like this can have a far larger effect than you might realize if you live in a large industrial area.
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14 como la pólvora
Ex. Distance learning is sweeping through higher education like wildfire, and it is simultaneously capturing the interests of libraries and librarians.* * *Ex: Distance learning is sweeping through higher education like wildfire, and it is simultaneously capturing the interests of libraries and librarians.
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15 como loca
Ex. Oh, summer of 2005, windows down, driving as fast as I can whilst beating on the steering wheel like a madwoman.* * *Ex: Oh, summer of 2005, windows down, driving as fast as I can whilst beating on the steering wheel like a madwoman.
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16 como pez fuera del agua
Ex. Every leader faces them: times when they are out of their league, times when they feel like a fish out of water.* * *Ex: Every leader faces them: times when they are out of their league, times when they feel like a fish out of water.
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17 como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello
Ex. The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.* * *Ex: The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.
Spanish-English dictionary > como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello
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18 como si no hubiera mañana
Ex. The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.* * *Ex: The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.
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19 como si se acabara el mundo
Ex. The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.* * *Ex: The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.
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20 como si se fuese a acabar el mundo
Ex. The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.* * *Ex: The way to live like there's no tomorrow is to basically love life and be as crazy as possible and take risks and chances.
Spanish-English dictionary > como si se fuese a acabar el mundo
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