se revienta a trabajar

se revienta a trabajar — he's slogging o sweating his guts out *, he's working his butt off (EEUU) **

tanto alcohol le va a reventar el hígado — all this drink is going to do his liver in *

lo reventaron a palos — they beat the living daylights out of him *

te voy a reventar a patadas — I'm going to kick your face in *

si me desobedece lo reviento — if he doesn't obey me, I'll kill him *

un grupo de sindicalistas intentó reventar la intervención del conferenciante — a group of trade union members heckled the delegate's speech o tried to shout down the delegate during his speech

me revienta que nos traten así — being treated like that really bugs me *

hacer reventar — [+ neumático] to burst; [+ costuras] to split

necesito entrar al baño, voy a reventar — I need to go to the toilet, I'm bursting *

reventaba por ver lo que pasaba — he was dying o bursting to see what was going on

revienta por saber lo que dicen — she's dying o bursting to know what they're saying

por mí como si revientas — you can drop dead for all I care *

que reviente! — he can go to hell! (colloq)

cuéntamelo, que si no vas a reventar — come on, I can see you're bursting to tell me (colloq)

estoy que reviento — I'm bursting (to go) (colloq)

trabajan hasta reventar — they work their butts off (AmE colloq), they slog their guts out (BrE colloq)

me revienta su tonito paternal — that patronizing tone of his really gets me (colloq)

le reventó la nariz de un puñetazo — he punched him and broke o smashed his nose

que reviente! — he can go to hell! (colloq)

cuéntamelo, que si no vas a reventar — come on, I can see you're bursting to tell me (colloq)

estoy que reviento — I'm bursting (to go) (colloq)

trabajan hasta reventar — they work their butts off (AmE colloq), they slog their guts out (BrE colloq)

me revienta su tonito paternal — that patronizing tone of his really gets me (colloq)

le reventó la nariz de un puñetazo — he punched him and broke o smashed his nose

Ex: 'That new project he's been busting himself and everyone else over is way behind schedule and Peterson is getting fed up'.

not to look/see beyond the end of one's nose — no ver* más allá de sus (or mis etc) narices

(right) under somebody's nose — (colloq)

it was right under my nose all the time — lo tenía delante de las narices (fam)

he stole it from under our very noses — se lo robó en nuestras propias narices (fam)

to cut off one's nose to spite one's face — tirar piedras al or contra el propio tejado

to follow one's nose — ( go straight on) seguir* derecho or todo recto; ( act intuitively) dejarse guiar por la intuición

to get up somebody's nose — (BrE colloq)

that's the sort of thing that gets right up my nose — ése es el tipo de cosa que me enferma or me revienta (fam)

to keep one's nose clean — (colloq) no meterse en líos (fam)

to keep one's nose out of something — no meter las narices en algo (fam), no meterse en algo

to keep one's nose to the grindstone — trabajar duro, darle* al callo (Esp fam)

to lead somebody by the nose — tener* a alguien agarrado por las narices, manejar a alguien a su (or mi etc) antojo

to look down one's nose at somebody — mirar a alguien por encima del hombro

he looked down his nose at the idea — la idea le pareció tonta (or ridícula etc)

to pay through the nose — (colloq) pagar* un ojo de la cara or un riñón (fam)

to poke o stick one's nose in — (colloq) meter las narices en algo (fam)

to put somebody's nose out of joint — (colloq) hacer* que alguien se moleste or se ofenda

to rub somebody's nose in something — (colloq) restregarle* or refregarle* algo a alguien por las narices (fam)

to turn one's nose up at something/somebody — (colloq) despreciar algo/a alguien; (before n)

nose drops — gotas fpl nasales

to nose around o about in something — husmear or fisgonear en algo

• his nose was bleeding — le sangraba la nariz, le salía sangre de la nariz

• to have one's nose in a book — estar enfrascado en un libro

• to hold one's nose — (lit) taparse la nariz

• to talk or speak through one's nose — ganguear, hablar con voz gangosa

she paid through the nose (for it) — le costó un ojo de la cara *, pagó un dineral (por ello) *

to make sb pay through the nose — hacer pagar a algn un dineral *

who asked you to poke your nose in? — ¿quién te manda meter las narices * or meterte en esto?

he's always poking his nose (in) where it's not wanted — siempre está metiendo las narices or metiéndose en lo que no le incumbe *

under sb's nose: it's right under your nose — lo tienes delante de las narices *

she did it under his very nose or right under his nose — lo hizo delante de sus narices

to win by a nose — [horse] ganar por una nariz; (fig) ganar por los pelos

nose cone N — [of missile] ojiva f; [of racing car] cabeza f separable

nose drops NPL — gotas fpl para la nariz

nose job * N —

nose ring N — [of animal] argolla f (en el hocico); [of person] pendiente m en la nariz

nose stud N — piercing m de or en la nariz

not to look/see beyond the end of one's nose — no ver* más allá de sus (or mis etc) narices

(right) under somebody's nose — (colloq)

it was right under my nose all the time — lo tenía delante de las narices (fam)

he stole it from under our very noses — se lo robó en nuestras propias narices (fam)

to cut off one's nose to spite one's face — tirar piedras al or contra el propio tejado

to follow one's nose — ( go straight on) seguir* derecho or todo recto; ( act intuitively) dejarse guiar por la intuición

to get up somebody's nose — (BrE colloq)

that's the sort of thing that gets right up my nose — ése es el tipo de cosa que me enferma or me revienta (fam)

to keep one's nose clean — (colloq) no meterse en líos (fam)

to keep one's nose out of something — no meter las narices en algo (fam), no meterse en algo

to keep one's nose to the grindstone — trabajar duro, darle* al callo (Esp fam)

to lead somebody by the nose — tener* a alguien agarrado por las narices, manejar a alguien a su (or mi etc) antojo

to look down one's nose at somebody — mirar a alguien por encima del hombro

he looked down his nose at the idea — la idea le pareció tonta (or ridícula etc)

to pay through the nose — (colloq) pagar* un ojo de la cara or un riñón (fam)

to poke o stick one's nose in — (colloq) meter las narices en algo (fam)

to put somebody's nose out of joint — (colloq) hacer* que alguien se moleste or se ofenda

to rub somebody's nose in something — (colloq) restregarle* or refregarle* algo a alguien por las narices (fam)

to turn one's nose up at something/somebody — (colloq) despreciar algo/a alguien; (before n)

nose drops — gotas fpl nasales

to nose around o about in something — husmear or fisgonear en algo