ser un coco

se ha dado un golpe en el coco — he banged his head, he banged himself on the nut *

no anda muy bien del coco — she's not right in the head *

mi hermano es un coco para las matemáticas — my brother is a whizz at maths *

es un coco — he's an ugly devil, he's ugly as sin *

caerse de un coco — (Ven fam) to be disappointed

anda or está mal del coco — he's off his head (colloq)

comerle el coco a alguien — (Esp fam)

comerse el coco con algo — (Esp fam) to worry about something

caerse de un coco — (Ven fam) to be disappointed

anda or está mal del coco — he's off his head (colloq)

comerle el coco a alguien — (Esp fam)

comerse el coco con algo — (Esp fam) to worry about something

Ex: The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.

Ex: This ready-to-eat nutritious food is made by admixing condensed milk with rolled oats, honey, dates, wheat germ, coconuts, and walnuts.

estar tocado del coco Куба — быть тронутым (чокнутым)

coco de Levante — кукельбан, кукольбан ( растение и плод)

parecer (ser) un coco разг. — быть безобразным (уродом)

• comer terreno, la derecha les está comiendo terreno — the right is gaining ground on them

le come la envidia por dentro — she is eaten up o consumed with envy

¡come y calla! — shut up and eat your food! *

• comer de algo — (=tomar comida) to eat sth; (=vivir) to live off sth

• comer fuera — to eat out

siempre comes con o por los ojos — your eyes are bigger than your stomach

comer a algn — to screw sb ***

este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine

no puedo comer chocolate — I can't have o eat chocolate

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo — (Esp)

¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

comerse a alguien vivo — (fam) to skin somebody alive (colloq)

se los va a comer la mugre — they'll be up to their ears in muck (colloq)

este niño no me come nada — (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq)

comer como un sabañón or (Esp) una lima or (Méx) un pelón de hospicio — (fam) to eat like a horse

a comer! — lunch (o dinner etc) is ready!

¿qué hay de comer? — ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?; ( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?

comemos a las nueve — we have o eat dinner at nine

no puedo comer chocolate — I can't have o eat chocolate

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas — (liter) like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

sin comerlo ni beberlo — (Esp)

¿(y) eso con qué se come? — (Esp fam) what on earth's that? (colloq)

está para comérsela — (fam) she's really tasty (colloq)

se lo come la envidia — he's eaten up o consumed with envy

comerse a alguien vivo — (fam) to skin somebody alive (colloq)

se los va a comer la mugre — they'll be up to their ears in muck (colloq)

Ex: Even the fearsome shark knows enough not to drive away the pilot fish while it eats, nor does it make a meal of the pilot fish when food is scarce.

untarle la palma a alguien — to grease somebody's palm

llevarse la palma — ( ser el mejor) to be outstanding; ( ser el colmo) to take the cake (colloq)

dar or batir palmas — ( aplaudir) to clap (one's hands), applaud

tocar las palmas — ( marcando el ritmo) to clap in time

untarle la palma a alguien — to grease somebody's palm

llevarse la palma — ( ser el mejor) to be outstanding; ( ser el colmo) to take the cake (colloq)

dar or batir palmas — ( aplaudir) to clap (one's hands), applaud

tocar las palmas — ( marcando el ritmo) to clap in time

Ex: The symptoms of anxiety can include nausea, a hot tingling feeling, extreme nervousness, a stomach ache, and sweaty palms.

mamá está haciendo o preparando la comida — mum is making lunch

no sirven comida después de las tres — they don't serve food o meals after three o'clock

comida a domicilio — meals on wheels pl

comida precocinada, comida preparada — ready meals pl, precooked meals pl

comida de coco, comida de tarro, en la mili le han hecho una comida de coco o tarro — they brainwashed him when he was in the army

este libro es una comida de coco o tarro — this book is pretty heavy stuff *

hago tres comidas al día — I have o eat three meals a day

hacer or preparar la comida — to get the food ready o cook the food

hago tres comidas al día — I have o eat three meals a day

hacer or preparar la comida — to get the food ready o cook the food

Ex: Food, cookery and Mediterranean are isolates drawn from the facets of Domestic science, constituting phenomena studied.

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me