Significado: a drowning man grasps at a straw

aquel que se ahoga se aferra hasta de una paja (una persona desesperada intentará cualquier cosa)

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a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

a basket case

a person who is very nervous, in bad shape If Gloria has one more crisis, she'll be a basket case.

a blast

a great time, a lot of fun The students were having a blast until the teacher walked in.

a case of

an example of, it's a case of Look at Bosnia. That's a case of ethnic civil war.

a clutch hitter (baseball)

a batter who hits when runners are on base Joe's a clutch hitter. He's batting .431 with runners on base.

a crash course

a short course that has the main facts and skills He took a crash course in cooking and bought a cafe.

a dog's breakfast

a mixture of many things, a hodgepodge This book is a dog's breakfast. It contains a bit of everything.

a flash in the pan

a person who does superior work at first I'm looking for a steady worker, not a flash in the pan.

a hassle

a problem, a bother The tax form is a hassle this year. It's difficult to understand.

a horse's ass

a fool, a jerk After three drinks he was acting like a horse's ass.

take (someone or something) in as (something)

To accommodate a home for addition or an beastly while they are of a accurate age or status. John's grandfathering took him in as a boy afterwards his parents died. We took the dog in as a stray, and now he's a allotment of our family. The country took me and my ancestors in as refugees a cardinal of years ago.Learn more: take

take someone in as something

to accomplish addition a affiliate of an organization. We took her in as an accessory at first. I took in Karen as an associate.Learn more: take

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a heavy day a helping hand a hill of beans a hit a hollow leg a holy pile a hoot a horse of a different color a horse's ass a hot hand a hot number a hot potato a hot ticket a hot topic a hotdog a hothead a hotshot take form take forty winks take French leave take fright take from take from (someone or something) take fuel on take gloves off take guard take hands off take hat off to take head off take heart take heed take heed (of someone or something) take hold take hold of take holy orders take home take home the bacon take hostage take hostages take ill take in take in (one's) belt (a notch (or two)) take in as take in hand take in stride take in water take into take into account take into account (someone or something) take into confidence take into head take into heart take into one's confidence take into one's head, to take into one's own hands, to take into some place take inventory take issue take issue with take issue with (someone or something) take issue with somebody take it take it as read take it away Take it away! take it down a notch Take it down a thou! Take it down a thousand!