Cosa in english

cosas = stuff ; matters ; bits and pieces ; gubbins. 

Example: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.Example: If there must be formal introductions and votes of thanks, at least see that there are no lengthy public speeches that pre-empt the visitor's reason for being there at all, and that matters are kept as unembarrassing as possible.Example: At the same time, indigenous knowledge has become more fragmented and specialised as scientists and humanitarians pick at the bits and pieces that fit with their interests and disciplines.Example: The building was without electricity for much of the day as some planned system upgrades were implemented (for the technically minded, some old gubbins were apparently replaced with sleek shiny new ones).

cosa = thing ; item ; business [businesses, -pl.] ; thingy [thingie] ; thingamajig ; whatchamacallit ; thingamabob ; thingummy ; thingamy ; thingum. 

Example: A collection of medical books for the general public in a public library may deal with the same range of topics, but the indexing can probably be more broad than in a specialist index, and the terms used for the same thing may be different.Example: The following list shows items that can be taken on board and those that are prohibited.Example: I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.Example: Hold all of your bits and pieces with this handy and beautiful drawstring 'thingy' bag.Example: That's a right-angled triangle, but you may call it a thingimajig if you like; it doesn't matter about the name.Example: In his book's section 'Watchamacallit' he forecasts that communication between user and machine will be through voice for entering text and a pen-like device for pointing.Example: Two of my mother's favourite words when i was growing up were thingamajig and thingamabob -- you could always use those words if necessary if you couldn't remember the name of something.Example: There are several thingummies on sale where tourists come and go such as key fobs, of which, in my opinion, you cannot have too many -- more fobs than keys .Example: I am a sucker for technology -- I have a kitchen full of gadgets; cupboards brimming with 'thingamies' for this and 'whatdoyacallits' for that.Example: Few things catch the eye as instantly as a sparkling string of precious thingums around a woman's neck.

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» aceptar las cosas (tal y) como vienen = take + the bad with the good ; take + the good and bad ; go with + the current ; go with + the flow (of things) ; roll with + the punches ; keep + Posesivo + chin up ; grin and bear it ; put on/up + a brave face [También se usa esta expresión colocando la partícula on al final put + a brave face on] ; put on/up + a brave front [También se usa esta expresión colocando la partícula on al final put + a brave front on] ; put on/up + a bold face [También se usa esta expresión colocando la partícula on al final put + a brave face on] ; keep + Posesivo + pecker up .

Example: Ya gotta take the bad with the good -- without pain joy wouldn't feel so good.

Example: When she started to well up, Usher added fuel to the flames by saying, 'You have to be able to take the good and bad in this business'.

Example: Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.

Example: The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

Example: Life doesn't always turn out how you plan, but I've realized that I need to just roll with the punches.

Example: She's kept her chin up as she nurses a new life into toddlerhood, and is now doing a lot better.

Example: She wanted to tell him to mind his own business, but since she was a bit indebted to him, she just had to grin and bear it.

Example: It's no secret that all Commonwealth Games sites are lagging behind schedule but the organisers are putting on a brave face.

Example: Outwardly she put on a brave front so as to give her children security.

Example: I shall put a bold face on, and if I do feel weepy, he shall never see it.

Example: Honestly, I was so moved I nearly sent her a tenner, just to keep her pecker up.

» aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight ; clear + things up ; get to + the bottom of things ; put + the record straight ; sort + things out ; clear + the air .

Example: This article is a response to 'Preservation of slide libraries' by Ann Cinlar in which an attempt is made to set the record straight.

Example: First, let's clear things up: when you save a password in Firefox, it's stored in your computer, and isn't shared or uploaded to anywhere.

Example: They wanted to get to the bottom of things and figure out what was happening.

Example: When your backs are against the wall and everyone's raising questions, a performance like that puts the record straight.

Example: They're still hopeful of sorting things out but it's very difficult with the media spotlight on them.

Example: Out of this effort came a book that attempts to 'clear the air' by bringing empirical data to bear on the veracity of these claims.

» acometer las cosas = go about + things .

Example: We've decided to go about things a little differently this time around.

» acostumbrarse a hacer las cosas de una determinada manera = get + set in + Posesivo + ways ; be set in + Posesivo + ways .

Example: As frustrating as a finicky eater may be, this is a great time to teach your child to try new things, before he gets too set in his ways and begins to reject new foods.

Example: As I recall he said something to the effect that if she waited too long, she'd be set in her ways, and then she'd never remarry.

» acostumbrarse a hacer las cosas de cierta manera = get + set in + Posesivo + ways ; be set in + Posesivo + ways .

Example: As frustrating as a finicky eater may be, this is a great time to teach your child to try new things, before he gets too set in his ways and begins to reject new foods.

Example: As I recall he said something to the effect that if she waited too long, she'd be set in her ways, and then she'd never remarry.

» acostumbrarse a hacer las cosas de una determinada manera = get + set in + Posesivo + ways ; be set in + Posesivo + ways .

Example: As frustrating as a finicky eater may be, this is a great time to teach your child to try new things, before he gets too set in his ways and begins to reject new foods.

Example: As I recall he said something to the effect that if she waited too long, she'd be set in her ways, and then she'd never remarry.

» acostumbrarse a hacer las cosas de cierta manera = get + set in + Posesivo + ways ; be set in + Posesivo + ways .

Example: As frustrating as a finicky eater may be, this is a great time to teach your child to try new things, before he gets too set in his ways and begins to reject new foods.

Example: As I recall he said something to the effect that if she waited too long, she'd be set in her ways, and then she'd never remarry.

» acostumbrarse a las cosas = things + grow on + Pronombre .

Example: By trying some of the suggestions here you may find that a few things grow on you and become part of your development habits.

» además de otras cosas = quite apart from anything else .

Example: Quite apart from anything else, it is drearily boring, the tedium exacerbated by the grating monotony of Stein's voice.

» a diario una manzana es cosa sana = an apple a day keeps the doctor away ; an apple a day keeps the doctor at bay .

Example: This famous line an apple a day keeps the doctor away is proven to be true because of its the many health benefits of apples.

Example: Science has proven that the saying 'An apple a day, keeps the doctor at bay' has validity.

» agitar las cosas = stir + things up .

Example: I think Pope Francis wants to stir things up and allow people to raise questions.

» agrupar cosas = put + things together .

Example: I have this tendency to put things together that are completely unrelated.

» aguantar cualquier cosa = put up with + anything .

Example: We are made to feel that we have to put up with anything just because our mothers and grandmothers did.

» alejarse como si tal cosa = saunter away .

Example: Then, with a smile and a kiss, she rose up and sauntered away with her ferine friend in tow.

» algunas cosas es mejor no decirlas = some things are better left unsaid [A veces abreviado a better left unsaid] .

Example: Honesty may be the best policy, but some things are better left unsaid.

» algunas cosas es mejor no saberlas = some things are better left unsaid [A veces abreviado a better left unsaid] .

Example: Honesty may be the best policy, but some things are better left unsaid.

» analizar las cosas = take + things apart .

Example: Knowledge comes by taking things apart -- analysis -- but wisdom comes by putting things together.

» apostarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life ; bet + Posesivo + bottom dollar ; bet + Posesivo + shirt ; bet + Posesivo + boots .

Example: He bet his life that he would be found innocent because he believed there was insufficent eyewitness accounts that would render a shadow of a doubt.

Example: Vachal says there is 'no friggin' way' that happened and that she would 'bet her bottom dollar' that Bialek's allegations are untrue.

Example: Nobody with any sense would bet their shirt on it, but it's worth a small punt.

Example: I can bet my boots those who haven't read the book would love it.

» arreglar las cosas = put + things right ; patch + things + up ; put + things (back) to right(s) ; set + things in order ; sort + things out ; make + things right .

Example: It is also pointed out thet the machine alone cannot put things right, the user will have to be re-trained as well.

Example: You guys talk her down and patch things up the best you can.

Example: So when a disaster emergency occurs it is vital to put things to rights as quickly as possible.

Example: I won't go into too much detail, but suffice to say I think I may need a week or two to set things in order.

Example: They're still hopeful of sorting things out but it's very difficult with the media spotlight on them.

Example: You can't defraud someone out of thousands of dollars and then expect to make things right, without first making restitution before asking for an apology.

» arreglar + Posesivo + cosas = patch + things + up .

Example: You guys talk her down and patch things up the best you can.

» así son las cosas = that's they way things are .

Example: The meteorologist explains that that's way things are sometimes and you don't know what's going to happen.

» a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens .

Example: 'Shit Happens' in the story of two flatmates: Halifax, a ex-journalist with a dark past and long lost ex-wife, and Shakra, a college-drop out bent on Halifax's destruction = "A veces las cosas salen mal" es la historia de dos compañeros de piso: Halifax, un ex-periodista con un pasado oscuro y con una exesposa que no ve desde hace mucho, y Shakra, un compañero de universidad obcecado en la destrucción de Halifax .

» cada cosa a su tiempo = time will take its course ; let matters take their course ; you can't rush time ; one thing at a time ; everything has its appointed time ; everything happens in its own time ; to everything there is a season ; everything in (its own) good time ; nothing happens before its time ; we'll cross that bridge when we come to it .

Example: This year, I won't make any resolutions because I don't want to pressure myself -- time will take its course.

Example: I'll just let matters take their course and concentrate on studying and hope that everything will be all right in the end.

Example: Like most teens, you probably just wish time would hurry up and you were out of high school already, but you can't rush time.

Example: There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession.

Example: Just like a flower in season, everything has its appointed time and there is always a beginning and an end.

Example: We may want things to happen at a particular time, but I keep learning over and over again that everything happens in its own time.

Example: I know that to everything there is a season, but I am a gardener and I start counting the days until spring the day after Christmas.

Example: Indeed, some might well wonder why it has been so late in the making, but I am reminded of the popular saying 'nothing happens before its time' and 'everything in its own good time'.

Example: Indeed, some might well wonder why it has been so late in the making, but I am reminded of the popular saying 'nothing happens before its time' and 'everything in its own good time'.

Example: However, if the buyer doesn't want the business then it will have to be sold separately -- but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

» cada cosa tiene su tiempo y lugar = there + be + a time and a place for everything .

Example: While we don't believe in censorship, we do believe there is a time and a place for everything.

» cambiar las cosas = make + a change .

Example: The person assigned as coach goes over the work of the new abstractor, makes editorial changes, and discusses these changes with the new man.

» cambiar las cosas desde dentro = change + things from the inside .

Example: Black librarians in the UK were urged to join the Association, get themselves organized, and 'infiltrate' to change things from the inside.

» capaz de hacer cualquier cosa = capable of anything .

Example: While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.

» casi cualquier cosa = just about anything ; most anything ; almost anything .

Example: Learn to cook just about anything either with recipes or without.

Example: Store liquids, powders, or most anything safely in plastic buckets with lids that really make an airtight seal.

Example: This company will let you pay for almost anything with your cell phone.

» coger el ritmo de las cosas = get into + the flow (of things) ; get into + the swim (of things) ; get into + the swing (of things) ; get into + the spirit of things .

Example: The team took a while to get into the flow of things but have been gaining steam and are now flying high, after winning six of their last seven outings.

Example: Neglecting to help new executives get into the swim of things quickly can incur enormous organizational costs.

Example: While it may be hard to get into the swing of things, after a couple weeks you will be used to it and enjoying all the added benefits!.

Example: Everyone got into the spirit of things quickly, some removing shirts, or loosening buttons, removing jackets, dancing or even showing comical underwear.

» como si tal cosa = be (as) right as rain ; unfazed ; just like that .

Example: Essentially this novel is about being right as rain for nearly a whole lifetime in a country full of light and sun, and tremendous goodwill.

Example: Polish Prime Minister said his country was unfazed by Russian threats to point missiles at a planned US missile shield site in Poland.

Example: All I have to say is nothing happens just like that overnight, it takes time and exhausting waiting.

» compensar las cosas = even + things up ; even + things out .

Example: This year we decided to even things up by making something with more of a British focus.

Example: Many demographers have speculated that the gender imbalance at birth may be evolution's way of evening things out overall.

» complicar las cosas = make + things complex ; add + salt to the wound ; add + salt to injury ; add + insult to injury ; rub + salt in the wound ; complicate + matters ; complicate + things ; complicate + the issue ; complicate + the situation .

Example: If a sort facility is required, for instance, it will make things complex if authors are entered as: JOHN HUNT ERIC SMITH etc. = Si, por ejemplo, se necesita una herramienta para la ordenación, las cosas se complicarán si los autores se introduce del siguiente modo: JOHN HUNT ERIC SMITH etc.

Example: To add salt to the wound, weaknesses and vulnerabilities in computers have grown over 4 times in the past two years.

Example: Retailers are just adding salt to injury by rack up the price even more.

Example: It seems McDonalds are seeking to add insult to injury by negotiating directly with non-union staff.

Example: He even rubbed salt in the wound when he indicated that Obama could turn on that 'Negro dialect' whenever it suited his demagogic purposes.

Example: Looking disheveled and unkempt, he only complicated matters by wearing a black suit with a red shirt and no tie.

Example: I think we like to complicate things when it is really quite simple; find what makes you happy and who it is that makes you happy and you're set.

Example: The federal government has complicated the issue more than anyone.

Example: The rapid rise of China as a regional economic and military power has complicated the situation dramatically.

» complicar las cosas innecesariamente = make + heavy weather of .

Example: It seems to me that you're making heavy weather of something that could be so simple if you left me in charge of the situation.

» complicar las cosas más de la cuenta = make + heavy weather of .

Example: It seems to me that you're making heavy weather of something that could be so simple if you left me in charge of the situation.

» complicar las cosas más de lo debido = make + heavy weather of .

Example: It seems to me that you're making heavy weather of something that could be so simple if you left me in charge of the situation.

» conjunto de cosas afines, el = whole schmier, the [Sentido peyorativo. Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .

Example: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

» conocer cuatro cosas sobre = know + a thing or two about .

Example: But give credit where credit is due, Berger knows a thing or two about farming.

» conocer un par de cosas sobre = know + a thing or two about .

Example: But give credit where credit is due, Berger knows a thing or two about farming.

» consentirle a Alguien cualquier cosa = let + Nombre + get away with murder .

Example: He didn't intend to let her get away with murder, and wanted to punish her himself rather than see her behind bars.

» correr un velo sobre las cosas = sweep + things under the rug ; sweep + things under the carpet .

Example: 'Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug = "De punta en blanco" es una comedia que examina cómo los individuos se enfrentan a la muerte en una sociedad que prefiere ocultar las cosas.

Example: The difference between a democratic state and a non-transparent state is that a democratic state does not sweep things under the carpet.

» cosa asquerosa = nasty .

Example: Because it was a glory hole full of junk and lots of spiders and other nasties, I still have a bug hanging over one of the windows, but its made of wire and fish scales.

» cosa esencial = essential .

Example: The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.

» cosa hecha = plain sailing ; walkover ; just a stroll in/through/across the park ; (as) easy as ABC ; doss ; (as) simple as ABC ; (as) easy as (apple) pie ; (as) easy/simple as 1,2,3 .

Example: The article is entitled 'Plain sailing with Swets' = El artículo se titula "Con Swets todo es coser y cantar".

Example: The election is widely expected to be a walkover for him.

Example: The nearest Earth-like planet is probably 13 light-years away; astronomically speaking, that's just a stroll across the park.

Example: Preventing infant deaths can be as easy as ABC if parents remember three simple ways to keep their little ones safe at night.

Example: Many people think maternity leave is a doss.

Example: Advocates of the dictionary catalogue claim that it is as simple as ABC and certainly there is no preliminary psychological barrier against its use.

Example: Sometimes it's incredible how we complicate things when they can be as easy as pie.

Example: Calculating the amount of lye you need for your next soap recipe is as easy as 1,2,3.

» cosa indeseable = beast .

Example: I noticed that there seemed to be some titters when that was mentioned, as if there were still some doubt as to whether such a beast as sexist subject headings exists.

» cosa inútil = dead horse .

Example: And if the topic does become tomorrow's carrion, it would not, perhaps, be inappropriate that it was buried under its own dead horse subject heading.

» cosa natural = quite naturally .

Example: This work thus gave rise, quite naturally, to the use of figure drawing for teaching some of the basic aspects of positional astronomy and astronavigation.

» cosa no esencial = non-essential .

Example: As he repeatedly tells everyone in the aptly titled 'Clean Break,' what you need to do in order to move forward is shed all of the emotional baggage, all of the memories, all of the 'non-essentials' in your life.

» cosa que se inserta = insert .

Example: Aperture cards are a special form of marginal storage card in a microform insert which contains the full text of the document being indexed is attached to the centre of the card.

» cosa repugnante = nasty .

Example: Because it was a glory hole full of junk and lots of spiders and other nasties, I still have a bug hanging over one of the windows, but its made of wire and fish scales.

» cosas = stuff ; matters ; bits and pieces ; gubbins .

Example: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.

Example: If there must be formal introductions and votes of thanks, at least see that there are no lengthy public speeches that pre-empt the visitor's reason for being there at all, and that matters are kept as unembarrassing as possible.

Example: At the same time, indigenous knowledge has become more fragmented and specialised as scientists and humanitarians pick at the bits and pieces that fit with their interests and disciplines.

Example: The building was without electricity for much of the day as some planned system upgrades were implemented (for the technically minded, some old gubbins were apparently replaced with sleek shiny new ones).

» cosas así = things like this ; things like that ; things like these ; things like those .

Example: Things like this happen all the time and there is nothing we can do to stop them.

Example: Just little things like that blow your mind every day.

Example: Things like these can happen once in a while.

Example: I've known people who've passionately discussed things like those with others in heated debates.

» cosas buenas = goodies [goodie/goody, -sing.] .

Example: This article describes the process of discovering neglected treasures of children's literature on library shelves and sharing them with other libraries at a workshop on 'Oldies but goodies'.

» cosas como = the likes of [A veces no se traduce] .

Example: But like all of us in the information business, they have been forced to compete with the likes of Yahoo, Altavista, and amazon.com.

» cosas como ésa = things like that .

Example: Just little things like that blow your mind every day.

» cosas como ésas = things like those .

Example: I've known people who've passionately discussed things like those with others in heated debates.

» cosas como ésta = things like this .

Example: Things like this happen all the time and there is nothing we can do to stop them.

» cosas como éstas = things like these .

Example: Things like these can happen once in a while.

» cosas de la casa = household chores ; house things ; home things .

Example: In only a few cases was a male character cast as a parent or performer of household chores and never as a homemaker.

Example: They'd made fun of each other for being domestic and shopping for house things together like a couple.

Example: I spent the rest of Sunday with my family and shopping for home things with my sister for her new place.

» cosas de la vida = life's things .

Example: Humans get pimples -- it's one of life's things and there's not really a whole lot you can do to prevent it.

» cosas de la vida! = such is life! .

Example: Many believe that the last utterance by Ned Kelly just before his hanging were three simple word, 'Such is life'.

» cosa secundaria = accidentals [En la correción de pruebas, nombre dado a los aspectos de forma como el uso de las mayúsculas, la letra cursiva, la puntuación, etc. que no afectan a contenido substantives] .

Example: The author's correction of a clean proof could of course result in any amount of change, of accidentals as well as of substantives.

» cosas esenciales, las = basic essentials, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .

Example: John Ward's dictum was that 'deprivation is as much a lack of information and the knowledge to use it as it is of the basic essentials'.

» cosas este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing .

Example: Large corporate bureaucracies like those of traditional music and movie publishers do this sort of thing much better than most little beginner 'startups' do.

» cosas inútiles = deadwood [dead wood] .

Example: Ostensibly, the maneuver was accomplished to curb patronage abuses and make it easier to dismiss deadwood employees in the long run.

» cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night .

Example: The article has the title 'Things that go bump in the night: net newbies are maturing -- and making things scary for the traditionals'.

» cosas ricas = goodies [goodie/goody, -sing.] .

Example: This article describes the process of discovering neglected treasures of children's literature on library shelves and sharing them with other libraries at a workshop on 'Oldies but goodies'.

» cosas transitorias, las = transient, the .

Example: Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.

» cosa superficial = accidentals [En la correción de pruebas, nombre dado a los aspectos de forma como el uso de las mayúsculas, la letra cursiva, la puntuación, etc. que no afectan a contenido substantives] .

Example: The author's correction of a clean proof could of course result in any amount of change, of accidentals as well as of substantives.

» cosas + venir de cara = things + go + Posesivo + way .

Example: Things have been going my way lately so I'm not gonna dwell on it too much, but it felt like a kick in the nuts.

» cosa viva = living thing .

Example: Topics include trees, leaf coloration, buds, seeds, vertebrate animals, animal tracks, insects and other arthropods, earthworms, characteristics of living things, and microhabitats.

» cualquier cosa = anything .

Example: For a year or two, any wholesome grass-roots group, aiming at anything from wholemeal bread to revolution, would tap one public agency or another.

» cualquier cosa que no sea = anything but .

Example: First the desire to read is sapped, then the will, and finally stamina to tackle anything but short, and immediately useful, passages.

» cualquier otra cosa = anything else ; whatever else .

Example: Now this may sound somewhat Draconian as an approach to the problem, but I really do believe, and I have studied this and thought about it very carefully for many years, that this is the only answer, that anything else is just an amelioration of the problem and is building up problems for the future.

Example: Mainstream media tends to focus on the negative, on the sensational, and nearly all of that catastrophic -- hurricanes and nuclear war and terrorism and whatever else.

» cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles = when the going gets tough .

Example: When the going gets tough, focus on how far you have come not on how far you must go.

» Cuando las cosas se ponen duras, los duros se crecen = When the going gets tough, the tough get going .

Example: 'When the going gets tough, the tough get going' is an inspirational quote that has motivated many athletes to push through adversity and achieve success = "Cuando las cosas se ponen duras, los duros crecen" es una cita inspiradora que ha motivado a muchas atletas para superar las adversidades y lograr el éxito.

» da lo mismo una cosa que otra = six of one (and) half a dozen of the other .

Example: It may be six of one and half a dozen of the other genetically, but socially these are not interchangeable relationships.

» dar cualquier cosa por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to .

Example: Who else but a librarian would give an eye-tooth to work at a bookstore on the weekend?.

» dar cualquier cosa si/por = give + anything if .

Example: I would give anything if I had had a chance to bend an elbow with Ralph and swap a few stories.

» daría cualquier cosa por saber qué piensas = a penny for your thoughts .

Example: He was staring out at the water so seriously that I said, 'A penny for your thoughts?'.

» dar las cosas masticadas = spoon-feed [spoon feed/spoonfeed] .

Example: The author questions the policy of using assignments to teach library research and the attitude that students should not be spoon fed.

» dar sentido a las cosas = meaning making .

Example: The most important factor in literary acculturation is the peer group process of meaning making.

» decir cosas desagradables = say + mean things .

Example: But every now and then you'll run into someone who's truly a bad sport -- a kid who plays dirty, hogs the ball, or says mean things to you.

» decir las mismas cosas = speak from + the same text ; speak from + the same book .

Example: Anyone paying attention to politics soon notices that when Democrats attack, they speak from the same text, and when they march to the polls, they march in lockstep.

Example: Both Sharon and Bush speak from the same book when it comes to fighting what they both call the 'evil' of terrorism.

» decirle a Alguien cuatro cosas = tell + Nombre + a thing or two .

Example: Evelin should have told her a thing or two about manners.

» decirle a Alguien un par de cosas = tell + Nombre + a thing or two .

Example: Evelin should have told her a thing or two about manners.

» dejar las cosas como están = let + the matter + rest ; let + sleeping dogs lie .

Example: I would suggest you let the matter rest.

Example: She feels torn between her love of the truth and the desire to let sleeping dogs lie.

» dejar las cosas hasta el último momento = put things off to/until the last minute .

Example: In retrospect, this was a grave error -- my attitude in school was always to put things off to the last minute.

» dejar las cosas hasta el último minuto = put things off to/until the last minute .

Example: In retrospect, this was a grave error -- my attitude in school was always to put things off to the last minute.

» dejar las cosas tranquilas = let + sleeping dogs lie .

Example: She feels torn between her love of the truth and the desire to let sleeping dogs lie.

» dejarlo cuando las cosas van bien = cash in + Posesivo + chips ; quit while + the going + be + good .

Example: She could have cashed in her chips and fled to any number of countries that do not extradite to the United States rather than running the risk of a prison sentence.

Example: If one has reached a satisfactory level of success in a game, it is wiser to quit while the going is good rather than to keep pushing their luck and running the risk of it turning bad.

» dejarlo mientras las cosas van bien = cash in + Posesivo + chips ; quit while + the going + be + good .

Example: She could have cashed in her chips and fled to any number of countries that do not extradite to the United States rather than running the risk of a prison sentence.

Example: If one has reached a satisfactory level of success in a game, it is wiser to quit while the going is good rather than to keep pushing their luck and running the risk of it turning bad.

» dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way .

Example: I've been trying to bite my tounge and let him do things his own way.

» dejar que las cosas sigan su curso normal = let + nature take its course ; you can't rush time ; let matters take their course ; time will take its course ; everything in (its) due time ; everything has its appointed time ; to everything there is a season ; allow + nature to take its course ; everything in (its own) good time ; nothing happens before its time .

Example: How do you let nature take its course when you no your cat is dying?.

Example: Like most teens, you probably just wish time would hurry up and you were out of high school already, but you can't rush time.

Example: I'll just let matters take their course and concentrate on studying and hope that everything will be all right in the end.

Example: This year, I won't make any resolutions because I don't want to pressure myself -- time will take its course.

Example: He is already sounding like a broken record in saying that he will explain everything in due time.

Example: Just like a flower in season, everything has its appointed time and there is always a beginning and an end.

Example: I know that to everything there is a season, but I am a gardener and I start counting the days until spring the day after Christmas.

Example: She prefers to age naturally and allow nature to take its course.

Example: Indeed, some might well wonder why it has been so late in the making, but I am reminded of the popular saying 'nothing happens before its time' and 'everything in its own good time'.

Example: Indeed, some might well wonder why it has been so late in the making, but I am reminded of the popular saying 'nothing happens before its time' and 'everything in its own good time'.

» dejar que las cosas sigan su curso = everything happens in its own time ; nature will take its course .

Example: We may want things to happen at a particular time, but I keep learning over and over again that everything happens in its own time.

Example: Nature will take its course, allowing your bone tissue to fuse with the titanium post.

» dejar que las cosas sigan su curso normal = let + nature take its course ; you can't rush time ; let matters take their course ; time will take its course ; everything in (its) due time ; everything has its appointed time ; to everything there is a season ; allow + nature to take its course ; everything in (its own) good time ; nothing happens before its time .

Example: How do you let nature take its course when you no your cat is dying?.

Example: Like most teens, you probably just wish time would hurry up and you were out of high school already, but you can't rush time.

Example: I'll just let matters take their course and concentrate on studying and hope that everything will be all right in the end.

Example: This year, I won't make any resolutions because I don't want to pressure myself -- time will take its course.

Example: He is already sounding like a broken record in saying that he will explain everything in due time.

Example: Just like a flower in season, everything has its appointed time and there is always a beginning and an end.

Example: I know that to everything there is a season, but I am a gardener and I start counting the days until spring the day after Christmas.

Example: She prefers to age naturally and allow nature to take its course.

Example: Indeed, some might well wonder why it has been so late in the making, but I am reminded of the popular saying 'nothing happens before its time' and 'everything in its own good time'.

Example: Indeed, some might well wonder why it has been so late in the making, but I am reminded of the popular saying 'nothing happens before its time' and 'everything in its own good time'.

» demasiado de una cosa buena = too much of a good thing .

Example: People who take dietary supplements to boost their intake of minerals may actually be getting too much of a good thing.

» descomponer las cosas = take + things apart .

Example: Knowledge comes by taking things apart -- analysis -- but wisdom comes by putting things together.

» desmontar las cosas = take + things apart .

Example: Knowledge comes by taking things apart -- analysis -- but wisdom comes by putting things together.

» discurrir las cosas = reason + things out .

Example: Now with the wisdom of years I try to reason things out and the only people I fear are those who never have doubts.

» discutir las cosas = talk + things out .

Example: Taking time to talk things out is surely one of the most essential parts of dealing with a conflict.

» disfrutar de las cosas buenas de la vida = enjoy + the finer things in life .

Example: He was living in swank hotels and enjoying the finer things in life until he was fingered by a squealer who ratted him out to the Mob for the price they had put on his head.

» economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise and pound foolish [Proverbio] .

Example: The article 'Penny wise and pound foolish' discusses the need to find a better solution to the overdue book problem than charging fines.

» el estado de las cosas = the lay of the land [the lie of the land, -UK] .

Example: The director allowed us three days to get the lay of the land.

» empeorar las cosas = make + matters worse ; add + salt to the wound ; make + things worse ; add + salt to injury ; add + insult to injury ; rub + salt in the wound ; make it + worse ; pile + misery upon misery ; pile on + the misery ; pile on + the agony .

Example: And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.

Example: To add salt to the wound, weaknesses and vulnerabilities in computers have grown over 4 times in the past two years.

Example: But for asthmatics, stress only makes things worse.

Example: Retailers are just adding salt to injury by rack up the price even more.

Example: It seems McDonalds are seeking to add insult to injury by negotiating directly with non-union staff.

Example: He even rubbed salt in the wound when he indicated that Obama could turn on that 'Negro dialect' whenever it suited his demagogic purposes.

Example: Canada's economy keeps dragging and government policies are making it worse.

Example: The continuing poor weather has piled misery upon misery for flood-hit towns and villages across the UK.

Example: The recent elections, frequent strikes and airport and aircraft safety issues are some of the problems that have helped pile on the misery on the tourism sector.

Example: I am trying to avoid anything sad in this book, for surely the world is sad enough at present without my pen piling on the agony.

» encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground .

Example: By discovering what they read teacher/librarian and pupil find common ground, a point of departure for the child, into the unfamiliar.

» en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things ; in the normal run of events ; in the normal course of events .

Example: In the normal run of things, they would be attacked by a monster from the deep or aliens from space, but here they just have to deal with polar bears.

Example: In the normal run of events a well-organised active minority of quite a small size can play a decisive role in the determination of a political outcome.

Example: In the normal course of events, the zygote and sporophyte will have a full double set of chromosomes again.

» enmarañar las cosas = muddy + the waters .

Example: Misuse of the words test and assessment is muddying the waters of school reform.

» en otro orden de cosas = on another topic ; as for ; as regards ; meanwhile ; on another matter ; on another note ; on other matters .

Example: On another topic, how much trust and confidence do you have at this time in your mayor and city council, when it comes to handling city problems?.

Example: As for the future, the technology already exists for interfacing head-end computers on cable television systems with online catalog computers so that television sets can be employed to access catalogs.

Example: Practice as regards integration varies considerably.

Example: Meanwhile in 1951, the Library Association reconstituted its Catalogue Code Revision Committee and started discussion.

Example: On another matter, in many cases it is cheaper to pay workers for overtime than it is to hire more people.

Example: On another note, if a child is bilingual, it is very difficult to make him fluent in both languages.

Example: On other matters, it appears that our server was down again this morning.

» enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters .

Example: Misuse of the words test and assessment is muddying the waters of school reform.

» entre otras cosas = amongst other things ; for one thing ; inter alia ; for a start ; to start with ; to begin with ; for starts .

Example: The Bookseller is the weekly book trade newspaper which, amongst other things, forms the initial listing for Whitakers cumulative booklist.

Example: Actually, it's more than that; for one thing, it gives Lily chest congestion.

Example: A national bibliographic agency is the agency designated as having responsibility, inter alia, for establishing the authoritative form of names for its country's authors.

Example: For a start, the cow and calf must be separated within a few days of birth.

Example: To start with, most catalogues, indexes, data bases and bibliographies provide access to information or documents.

Example: Copies tend to fade, especially if left exposed to daylight, and some of the colours are not strong to begin with.

Example: Well, for starts, he give four conflicting accounts of what happened on the road to Damascus.

» entre otras (muchas) cosas = among (many) other things .

Example: The microcomputer also has, among other things, a clock device which synchronizes all the various high speed operations, so that they do not get out of step.

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