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sing-along song	canción cantable/pegadiza/conocida	...
suppose I never really believed in that stuff about falling in love with the girl next door	Supongo que nunca creí en eso de enamorarme de la vecina	(Non-member)
to get one's foot in the door	abrise paso	(Non-member)
with the tip of his hat	con un toque al ala de su sombrero	Lydia De Jorge
"a whole new window on the world"	(abrió) un mundo de posibilidades	Marcelo González
"A wink is as good as a nod to a thoroughbred"	A buen entendedor, pocas palabras [bastan]	(Non-member)
"belling"	Alarma/advertencia/alerta	Daniel Coria
"cheese"	whisky (para América Latina)	(Non-member)
"Flat Earth Society"	pensamiento dogmático / interpretación literal	(Non-member)
"Frank's mule was eating its head off, as the saying goes"	La mula de Frank estaba comiendo como si fuera su última cena, como dijéramos.	(Non-member)
"frolic of its own"	a su antojo	(Non-member)
"Have net, will travel."	Si me dan red, viajo.	Martin Harvey
"If you like cheese"	Si te gusta la moda de mal gusto / de gusto dudoso	Andrea Strada
"pass the mustard"	¡Aleluya! Cambiemos de tema / ¡Aleluya! Por fin cambiamos de tema	Smartranslators
"smoke and fire"	donde hay humo/hay fuego o	German Trentini
"stepping" / "reverse stepping"	"paso a paso" \| "paso hacia atrás" / "retroceso"	Daniel Coria
"The look is Faye Dunaway gone British"	su estilo es una mezcla tipo Faye Dunaway transformada en pilluelo británico	Andrea Strada
$50,000	$50 000 (Am.) 50 000 $ (España)	María Cielo Pipet
(be a closer)	(sea resuelto/de los que resuelven)	alcarama
(maintain, etc.) a low profile	tratar de pasar desapercibido/deberían dejar de mantener la cabeza agachada	(Non-member)

(tied to) someone's apron strings	pegado a las faldas de mamá (Panamá, México, España); atado (debajo de) las polleras (de Argentina)	MargaEsther
(to be) welcome	serán bien recibidas	(Non-member)
(to) Jump into the game	lanzarse al mercado	(Non-member)
(what we should all) be about	de lo que debemos ser,	silviantonia
... treated like mushrooms: being kept in the dark and being fed bat guano	tratar como un cero a la izquierda	Rebeca Larios
...paid the cost...	hemos sufrido lo suficiente como para haber pagado el precio	Ltemes
...the eyes, dark with calculation	...los ojos, fríamente calculadores	(Non-member)
a brick short of a load	le falta un tornillo (Argentina, España, Cuba); le faltan cinco minutos de horno (o de cocción) (Argentina); le falta un jugador	Michael Powers (PhD)
a chain is no stronger than its weakest link	el hilo se corta por lo más delgado	(Non-member)
a day without laughter is a day without life	reír es vivir	Álvaro Blanch
A dog who will bring a bone, will carry one	En boca cerrada no entran moscas/por la boca muere el pez.	(Non-member)
a gem to be mined	\"una tesoro por descubrir\"	(Non-member)
a hidden agenda	intenciones ocultas	Laura Iglesias
A number of people visited the fair.	varias personas visitaron la feria	(Non-member)
a rebel without a cause	un rebelde sin causa (en todos); está peleando con el mundo (Costa Rica, España); ir contracorriente (España); revolucionario de	Michael Powers (PhD)
a shocking great diamond	apabullante/espectacular/sensacional/despampanante/fabuloso	(Non-member)
a stone's throw away	a tiro de piedra / a una distancia corta	Smartranslators
a sweet deal	un arreglo	Eloisa Anchezar
a tad unreasonable	algo inaudito	Smartranslators
ace in the hole	tener guardado/guardar un as bajo la manga // la mejor baza	(Non-member)

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