Sixth Task

Idioms

This week we were getting involved into the world of idioms. As many of you may know, these are very common in other languages due to every culture's needs. It means each one is allowed to express its own wisdom by suitable statements. Now, here I let some English idioms and few explanations: 

Hit the road: this common idiom has two meanings. The first one is to begin or  to start traveling in an automobile or another road vehicle (if she’s going to make it by dawn, she’d better hit the road); the second one is to go away (hit the road and do not come back anymore, man!). Its equivalents in Spanish could be (in our paisa slang): “abrirse, largarse, pisarse; empezar.”

Tie one’s on: it means to drink alcohol excessively until the point of getting drunk (Mary tied her on after the party). The equivalent can be: “estar copetudo/copetón”.

Bite the Dust: this is a very common uphemism and has two meanings, as well: to die (my wife finally bit the dust after two endless days); to quit or fail from something (Eliot has bitten the dust because he thought it was enough). In Spanish may be like: “tirar la toalla; colgar los guayos”.

For a song: you shout for a song when something was cheaper or almost for free (we got it for a song). Its equivalent could be: “por nada; no valió nada; regalado”.

Have a Cow: it means to overreact or get angry because of something (he always has a cow when everybody speaks aloud). In our paisa slang can be: “estar/ponerse como un tití; estar/ponerse como una fiera; ser PA-TI-CO”.