Contar con los dedos de la mano | | To count on the fingers of one hand |
Traerse algo entre manos | | To be up to something |
Tener un agujero en la mano | | To have money burn a hole in one's pocket (to be a spendthrift) |
Lavarse las manos | | To wash one's hands of something (to decline responsibilty for something) |
Ser un manirroto | | To be a spendthrift (masc.) |
Ser una manirrota | | To be a spendthrift (fem.) |
Poner la mano en el fuego | | To put one's hand in the fire |
Tener la mano muy larga | | To be light-fingered |
Tirar la piedra y esconder la mano | | To be two-faced [say (or do) one thing and do (or say) another] |
Írsele la mano a alguien | | To be light-fingered (steal something) or to get physical (fight) |
Írsele a alguien algo de las manos | | To lose control |
Pillar con las manos en la masa | | To catch red-handed |
Tener a mano | | To have something at one's fingertips |
Echar una mano | | To lend a hand |
Tener mano izquierda | | To have a deft touch |
Ser de segunda mano | | To be second hand |
Ponerse en manos de alguien | | To place oneself in someone's hands |
Llegar a las manos | | To come to blows |
Mano a mano | | Together, side by side |
Ser la mano derecha de alguien | | To be someone's right-hand |
Pedir la mano de alguien | | To ask for someone's hand (in marriage) |
Tener a alguien comiendo de la mano | | To have someone eating from the palm of your hand |
Escribir a mano | | To write by hand |
Ser de primera mano | | To be first-hand (knowledge) |
Con la mano en la cintura | | Effortlessly |
Al alcance de la mano | | Close at hand, close by |
Írsele la mano a alguien
How do you use the above expression ,how is it conjugated? For example, how would I say " the situation got out of hand " ? Where does "alguien" come into it? Thank you
Írsele la mano a alguien
How do you use the above expression ,how is it conjugated? For example, how would I say " the situation got out of hand " ? Where does "alguien" come into it? Thank you
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