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IDIOM: EXAMPLES:

Don’t bite off more than you can chew. 1. I'm going to buy the lottery to buy many houses for me alone. Don’t bite off more
than you can chew.

DEFINITIONS: 2. This year I will get a job promotion, salary increase, do a master's degree, buy a
house and travel as a place. Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
Want to do many things at the same time and
in the end do not do any good.
People who are ámbitos and do not think the IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
consequences.
Quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta.
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Give him an inch and he'll take a mile. 1. I can explain how the work should be done, but doing so is not my responsibility.
Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.
DEFINITIONS:

It is said of people who are not grateful to
those who offer help but who are abusing
trust.
People who want everything to be done.
People who do not admit help, but want
everything to be given to them.
2. I know you have a hard time paying tuition, I can help you with one of the money, but
you can not pay for it all. Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.
IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
Le das la mano y se toma el brazo.

IDIOM: EXAMPLES:
Look on the bright side.
1. I have a lot of difficulties with math, Look on the bright side.
DEFINITIONS:
2. I did not go to university, but I will study more to re-introduce myself and study
They are things in life that do not always go engineering, Look on the bright side.
well, and these difficulties we have to face
with optimism and hope, take out all our IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
energy to make more fronts.
Al mal tiempo, buena cara.
 In life we always have difficulties and difficult
situations, but we must face them with a better
attitude.

IDIOM: EXAMPLES:

No pain, no gain. 1. If you want to study, you must work to pay for your studies and get what you want.
No pain, no gain.
DEFINITIONS:

To achieve something, it is necessary to fight 2. I do not have math skills, but I will go to private classes to earn and learn the
enough to overcome the difficulties that may subject. No pain, no gain.
arise, because, in general, every work has its
difficulties. IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:

El que algo quiere, algo le cuesta

You have to make an effort to get what you
want.
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(To be) saved by the bell. 1. I did not study for today's partial friend, quiet teacher is sick and there is no class.
(To be) saved by the bell.

DEFINITIONS: 2. I was going to tell my mom that I lost math, but my dad called her at that moment and
left. (To be) saved by the bell.
It is used to express that someone was saved at
the last moment. IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:

Salvado por la campana.

IDIOM: EXAMPLES:

Prevention is better than cure. 1. I'm going back to the gym, lately I have not felt very well in my health. Prevention is
better than cure.

DEFINITIONS: 2. I'm going back to English classes, I have not been going for days and I do not want
to lose. Prevention is better than cure.
 If we know that something is going to go IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
wrong, it is better not to do it so we do not
have to repent later. Más vale prevenir, que curar.

It means that it is much better to prevent

something bad from happening before having
to fix it once it has happened.

IDIOM: EXAMPLES:

Practice makes perfect. 1. If you want to learn to ride a bicycle, you should try several times and be constant
and if you fall, you just have to get up again. Practice makes perfect
DEFINITIONS:
2. If you want to be the best draftsman, you need to make lots of drawings and have
If you want to be successful in life, it is discipline. Practice makes perfect.
essential to become an expert or teacher in a
certain activity, this is achieved through IN COLOMBIAN SPANISH:
continuous practice and accumulated
experiences. La práctica hace al maestro.
When you want to be successful you need to
practice many times and discipline.