Are you fed up, up to your back teeth? Are you sick and tired of something or someone? Take heart and be ready for a giggle.
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Tag: idioms with Estar
Where is the fifth pine tree?
If you wanted to say something was far away, many of us would have used the word for ‘far’ in Spanish, “LEJOS”. “It’s very far away” could
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Estar a dos velas : Stoney broke!
A lot of expressions are of maritime origin. Many in the past have attributed this expression “Estar a dos velas” could mean “being with two sails”, the association deriving from being without resources to travel, leading to the idea of having no money.
Speak Out in Spanish! 