Learning a new language doesn’t have to be all verb tenses and correct word order. Here are our five funnest sayings to learn (and use) today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Literal translation: For if the flies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What it actually means: Por si las moscas<\/em> is actually another way of saying \u2018just incase\u2019. The phrase comes form in the days of long ago when people used to cover their food between mouthfuls in case the flies, a source of disease in those times, came and landed on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Literal translation: To cost an eye out of the face<\/p>\n\n\n\n What it actually means: Spanish people use this phrase to express when something is expensive. Whereas in Britain you would say that something \u2018costs you an arm and a leg\u2019, the Spanish take it a little further and say that it will cost you an actual eye out of your face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Literal translation: Put your batteries in<\/p>\n\n\n\n What it actually means: When your are told or are telling someone to put their batteries in, you are asking them in no subtle way to get their act to together. As you may imagine, it\u2019s a phrase widely used by schoolteachers and parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Literal translation: From the same stick comes the same splinter<\/p>\n\n\n\n What it actually means: Whereas in English we would say \u2018the apple doesn\u2019t fall far from the tree\u2019 (or words to that effect) to express a similarity between a parent and their child, in Spanish sticks and splinters are used to suggest the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Literal translation: To not have hairs on your tongue<\/p>\n\n\n\n What it actually means: Probably the most unusual of the five, the Spanish phrase that literally translates to \u2018not having hairs on your tongue\u2019 refers to someone who doesn\u2019t think before they speak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Learning a new language doesn’t have to be all verb tenses and correct word order. Here are our five funnest sayings to learn (and use) today! … <\/p>\n2. Costar un ojo de la cara<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
3. Ponerse las pilas<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
4. De tal palo tal astilla<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
5. No tener pelos en la lengua<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n