stitch glass

a drop in the ocean — un grano de arena en el desierto, una insignificancia

eye drops — colirio m

acid drops — caramelos mpl ácidos

chocolate drops — pastillas fpl de chocolate

a drop of 30% o a 30% drop in sales — un descenso del 30% en las ventas

this is your big chance, so don't drop the ball — (AmE) es tu gran oportunidad, así que no vayas a meter la pata (fam)

to drop a brick o (BrE) a clanger — meter la pata (fam)

drop me a line — a ver si me mandas or me escribes unas líneas

to let it drop that... — ( inadvertently) dejar escapar que...; ( deliberately) dejar caer que...

to drop something (FROM something) — \<\<chapter/scene/article\>\> suprimir algo (de algo)

he dropped to the ground — ( deliberately) se tiró al suelo; ( fell) cayó de un golpe

drop dead! — (colloq) vete al demonio! (fam)

• there's just a drop left — queda solo una gota

• he's had a drop too much * — ha bebido más de la cuenta

• I haven't touched a drop — no he probado una sola gota

• to take a drop in salary — aceptar un salario más bajo

• a drop in temperature — una bajada de las temperaturas

drop it! * — (gun) ¡suéltalo!

I've dropped a stitch — (Knitting) se me escapó un punto

• to drop (sb) a hint about sth — echar (a algn) una indirecta sobre algo

• to drop a word in sb's ear — decir algo a algn en confianza

• to drop one's h's or aitches — no pronunciar las haches

• I've been dropped from the team — me han sacado del equipo

• to drop everything — soltarlo todo

• drop it! * — (subject) ¡ya está bien!

• let's drop the subject — cambiemos de tema

to drop acid ** — tomar ácido

• drop dead! * — ¡vete al cuerno! *

• I'm fit to drop * — estoy que no me tengo

• he let it drop that... — reveló que...

drop goal N — (Rugby) drop m

drop handlebars NPL — manillar msing de (bicicleta de) carreras

drop kick N — puntapié m de botepronto

drop shot N — dejada f

drop zone N — (Aer) zona f de salto

a drop in the ocean — un grano de arena en el desierto, una insignificancia

eye drops — colirio m

acid drops — caramelos mpl ácidos

chocolate drops — pastillas fpl de chocolate

a drop of 30% o a 30% drop in sales — un descenso del 30% en las ventas

this is your big chance, so don't drop the ball — (AmE) es tu gran oportunidad, así que no vayas a meter la pata (fam)

to drop a brick o (BrE) a clanger — meter la pata (fam)

drop me a line — a ver si me mandas or me escribes unas líneas

to let it drop that... — ( inadvertently) dejar escapar que...; ( deliberately) dejar caer que...

to drop something (FROM something) — \<\<chapter/scene/article\>\> suprimir algo (de algo)

he dropped to the ground — ( deliberately) se tiró al suelo; ( fell) cayó de un golpe

drop dead! — (colloq) vete al demonio! (fam)

to slip [sth.] into sth. — fare scivolare [qcs.] in qcs. [note, coin]; infilare [qcs.] in qcs. [joke, hand]

to slip [sth.] out of sth. — togliere [qcs.] da qcs. [object, hand]

she slipped the shirt over her head — (put on) si infilò la camicia; (take off) si sfilò la camicia

to slip sb. sth. to slip sth. to sb. — allungare o mollare qcs. a qcn

it slipped my notice o attention that non mi sono accorto o mi è sfuggito che; it had slipped my mind (that) fig. mi era sfuggito di mente il fatto che; to let slip — lasciarsi scappare [opportunity, remark]

slip into — infilarsi [ dress]; adattarsi a [ role]; andare o entrare in [ coma]

to slip out of — togliersi, sfilarsi [ dress]

to slip into, out of — entrare furtivamente in, uscire furtivamente da [ room]

to slip through sb.'s fingers — fig. sfuggire di mano a qcn

to slip [sth.] into sth. — fare scivolare [qcs.] in qcs. [note, coin]; infilare [qcs.] in qcs. [joke, hand]

to slip [sth.] out of sth. — togliere [qcs.] da qcs. [object, hand]

she slipped the shirt over her head — (put on) si infilò la camicia; (take off) si sfilò la camicia

to slip sb. sth. to slip sth. to sb. — allungare o mollare qcs. a qcn

it slipped my notice o attention that non mi sono accorto o mi è sfuggito che; it had slipped my mind (that) fig. mi era sfuggito di mente il fatto che; to let slip — lasciarsi scappare [opportunity, remark]

slip into — infilarsi [ dress]; adattarsi a [ role]; andare o entrare in [ coma]

to slip out of — togliersi, sfilarsi [ dress]

to slip into, out of — entrare furtivamente in, uscire furtivamente da [ room]

to slip through sb.'s fingers — fig. sfuggire di mano a qcn

drops of rain/dew/blood/sweat — Regen- / Tau- / Bluts- / Schweißtropfen

be a drop in the ocean or in the or a bucket — (fig.) ein Tropfen auf einen heißen Stein sein; (fig.): (small amount)

have had a drop too much — ein Glas über den Durst getrunken haben (ugs.)

there was a drop of 50 metres from the roof to the ground below — vom Dach bis zum Boden waren es 50 Meter

drop in temperature/prices — Temperatur-/Preisrückgang, der

drop out of or from somebody's hand — jemandem aus der Hand fallen

drop [down] dead — tot umfallen

drop dead! — (coll.) scher dich zum Teufel!

drop into bed/an armchair — ins Bett/in einen Sessel sinken

be fit or ready to drop — (coll.) zum Umfallen müde sein

drop back — (Sport) zurückfallen

the affair was allowed to drop — man ließ die Angelegenheit auf sich (Dat.) beruhen

drop somebody a note or line — jemandem [ein paar Zeilen] schreiben

drop it! — lass das!