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Today, we are going to learn some idioms formed with verb ESTAR 🙂 Here we go!
Estar…
- a las duras y a las maduras means to be for better or for worse
- al pie del cañón means to remain active
- a dos velas means to be penninless
- de mala leche means to be angry
- en Babia means to be absent-minded
- en paz means to feel relaxed
- en todo means to deal with all
- por los suelos means to be discouraged
- para el arrastre means to be exhausted
Let’s see some examples to further understand them 😉
- A good friend should be a las duras y a las maduras, not only for party
- He has been all day al pie del cañón. He hasn’t noticed that the boss has come
- I ‘m so sorry but I can’t lend you 200€, estoy a dos velas
- When I get up and don’t drink a coffee I am de mala leche
- The kid is always en Babia. He never pays attention in class, he is always absent-minded
- I only need twenty minutes a day for estar en paz, listen to music and read
- She is always en todo; if not, everything goes wrong
- They are por los suelos since they lost their dog
- I have been working ten hours per day for two weeks. I’m para el arrastre
I hope that this has been useful and you enjoy!
