Idioms in Spanish
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As in other languages, Spanish idioms cannot be translated literally. The real meaning cannot be understood completely by knowing what the individual words in the phrase mean.
An example in English would be: "Hold your horses" which literal meaning is "keep your horses still" but the real meaning is: slow down, hold on, wait, you are rushing in to something.
Here are some interesting SPANISH IDIOMS for you to learn:
"Llueve a mares"Literal translation: It rains seasMeaning: Is raining cats and dogs"El que tiene boca se equivoca"Literal translation: Who has a mouth makes mistakesMeaning: We all make mistakes sometimes (because we all have a mouth)"Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando"Literal translation: One bird in hand is worth more than a hundred flyingMeaning: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"Por si las moscas"Literal: if the fliesMeaning: Just in caseWe will keep posting more funny and useful spanish idioms!And keep studying and learning with your Living Language Spanish Courses, lo que siembres cosecharás!Literal Translation: What you sow, you will harvestMeaning: You reap what you sow -
De nada THoth,The idiom you mean is: "Tomar el pelo a alguien", and it stands for "Pulling someone's leg"Literally it means ¨taking someone´s hair¨Another idiom with a similar meaning is: ¨Dar gato por liebre" which literally means "Giving cat for (instead of) hare (rabbit)", and the real meaning is "trick and rip off someone".Recuerda: Que no te tomen el pelo ni te den gato por liebre!:)