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Spanish idioms
  Tocar todos los palillos a.  I’ve had it up to here
  Se armo la gorda b.  Every man for himself
  Estoy hasta las narices c.  I don’t know how to approach that girl
  Poner el cascabel al gato d.  This guy leaves me cold
  No sé cómo entrarle a esa chica e.  To stick one’s neck out
  A lo hecho, pecho f.  All hell broke loose
  Este tipo no me dice nada g.  To try everything
  Sálvese quien pueda h.  You’ve got to face the music
English idioms
  It gives me the heebie-jeebies i.  Tengo hipo
  Gesundheit! j.  Aquí hay gato encerrado
  By hook or by crook k.  Jerigonza
  She gave him a withering look l.  Meter la pata
  I smell a rat m.  Por las buenas o por las malas
  I have the hiccups n.  Lo fulminó con la mirada
  Gibberish o.  Me pone los pelos de punta
  Put one’s foot in it p.  ¡Jesús!

 
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