Estar como una cabra

To be crazy

Tomar el pelo

To pull someone's leg / To tease

Ser pan comido

To be a piece of cake / Very easy

Echar una mano

To give a hand / To help

Dar en el clavo

To hit the nail on the head

Estar hasta las narices

To be fed up

No tener pelos en la lengua

To speak one's mind / To be blunt

Quedarse de piedra

To be stunned / Shocked

Ponerse las pilas

To get one's act together / To get going

Ahogarse en un vaso de agua

To make a mountain out of a molehill

Tirar la casa por la ventana

To spare no expense / To go all out

Hablar por los codos

To talk up a storm / To talk too much

Ser uña y carne

To be thick as thieves / Very close

Más vale tarde que nunca

Better late than never

Estar en las nubes

To have one's head in the clouds

Estar como pez en el agua

To be in one's element

Ser un bicho raro

To be a weirdo / An oddball

Buscarle tres pies al gato

To look for trouble / To complicate things

Llover a cántaros

To rain cats and dogs

Por si las moscas

Just in case

Tener pájaros en la cabeza

To have unrealistic ideas

Ser un gallina

To be a chicken / A coward

A otra cosa, mariposa

Moving on / Let's change the subject

Dar gato por liebre

To trick someone / To rip someone off

Costar un ojo de la cara

To cost an arm and a leg

La gota que colmó el vaso

The straw that broke the camel's back

Pedir peras al olmo

To ask for the impossible

Mata el gusanillo

To take the edge off one's hunger

Estar más sano que una manzana

To be fit as a fiddle

Lágrimas de cocodrilo

Crocodile tears

Importar un pimiento

Not to care at all

Ser del año de la pera

To be very old

Estar en su salsa

To be in one's element

Sacar las castañas del fuego

To pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire / To bail someone out

Ponerse como un tomate

To turn red as a tomato / To blush

Estar de mala leche

To be in a bad mood

Ser un melón

To be a blockhead / Foolish

Dar la lata

To be annoying / To bug someone

Tener mala leche

To have a bad temper

Estar frito

To be exhausted / To be done for

Cortar el bacalao

To call the shots / To be in charge

Importar un rábano

To not give a damn

Vete a freír espárragos

Go fry asparagus / Go jump in a lake

Poner toda la carne en el asador

To put all one's eggs in one basket / To go all out

Pillado in fraganti / Con las manos en la masa

Caught red-handed

A buenas horas, mangas verdes

Too little, too late

Matar dos pájaros de un tiro

To kill two birds with one stone

De pascuas a ramos

Once in a blue moon

Dormirse en los laureles

To rest on one's laurels

Empezar la casa por el tejado

To put the cart before the horse

No dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy

Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today

Nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena

Better late than never

Pasar la noche en blanco

To have a sleepless night

Llegar y besar el santo

To succeed on the first try / Beginner's luck

En un abrir y cerrar de ojos

In the blink of an eye

A duras penas

Barely / With great difficulty

Sobre la marcha

On the fly / As we go

Perder el tren

To miss the boat / To lose an opportunity

Al fin y al cabo

At the end of the day

Tarde o temprano

Sooner or later

Tener la palabra en la punta de la lengua

To have the word on the tip of one's tongue

Irse por las ramas

To beat around the bush

Hablar en cristiano

To speak plainly / To speak clearly

Sin pelos en la lengua

Without mincing words / Outspoken

No soltar prenda

To not say a word / To keep a secret

Decir algo de carretilla

To say something off by heart

Hacer oídos sordos

To turn a blind eye / A deaf ear

A palabras necias, oídos sordos

Foolish words fall on deaf ears

Llamar al pan, pan y al vino, vino

To call a spade a spade

Morderse la lengua

To bite one's tongue

Entrar por un oído y salir por el otro

To go in one ear and out the other

Llevar la contraria

To contradict / To play devil's advocate

Sacar de quicio

To drive someone crazy

Cambiar de chaqueta

To change sides / To be a turncoat

Estar al tanto

To be up to date / Aware

Tocar madera

To knock on wood

Ser un aguafiestas

To be a party pooper

Tener buena estrella

To be lucky

Nacer con un pan bajo el brazo

To be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

Costar un riñón

To cost a fortune

Estar sin blanca / Estar pelado

To be broke

No tener ni un duro

To not have a penny to one's name

Hacer su agosto

To make a killing / To make a good profit

Tener la negra

To have bad luck

Levantarse con el pie izquierdo

To get up on the wrong side of the bed

Cruzarse de brazos

To stand by doing nothing

Pagar los platos rotos

To take the blame / To foot the bill

El mundo es un pañuelo

It's a small world

Ser un tacaño

To be stingy

Tirar la toalla

To throw in the towel / To give up

Echar leña al fuego

To add fuel to the fire

Hacer castillos en el aire

To build castles in the air

Dar la cara

To face the consequences / To face the music

Cortar por lo sano

To make a clean break

Echarse un farol

To bluff

Estar a dos velas

To be in the dark / Broke

A la tercera va la vencida

Third time's the charm

De tal palo, tal astilla

Like father, like son / The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

No hay mal que por bien no venga

Every cloud has a silver lining

Salirse con la suya

To have one's own way / To get away with it

Echar agua al mar

To do something pointless

Meter la pata

To put one's foot in it / To mess up

Lavarse las manos

To wash one's hands of something

Jugar con fuego

To play with fire

Dar el brazo a torcer

To give in / To yield

Ser tu media naranja

To be your better half / Soulmate

Hacer buenas migas

To hit it off / To get along well

Echar de menos

To miss someone or something

Llevarse como el perro y el gato

To fight like cats and dogs

Conocer a alguien de vista

To know someone by sight

No poder ver a alguien ni en pintura

To not be able to stand the sight of someone

Caer bien / Caer mal a alguien

To make a good / bad impression on someone

Ser el ombligo del mundo

To think one is the center of the universe

Tener a alguien en el bote

To have someone eating out of the palm of your hand

Dar calabazas

To reject someone / To stand someone up

Volver loco a alguien

To drive someone crazy

Hacer la pelota

To suck up to someone / To flatter

Romper el hielo

To break the ice

Ser un pesado

To be a pain / Annoying

Estar colado por alguien

To have a crush on someone