Diablo in english
Devil
pronunciation: devəl part of speech: noun
pronunciation: devəl part of speech: noun
In gestures
diablo, el = devil, the ; fiend ; demon ; daemon.
Example: Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.Example: These sensational fictions about 'female fiends' share formulaic elements of character and plot: the heroines are always white, of ambiguous class status, and always young and attractive.Example: Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.Example: They are men who have been possessed by daemons and who, through shear strength of will, managed to destroy the daemon within themselves.more:
» abogado del diablo = devil's advocate .
Example: The author, as devil's advocate, proposes that 'you can't do research in librarianship' and if you can it should not be called research.» actuar de abogado del diablo = be the/a devil's advocate ; play + (the) devil's advocate .
Example: I am one of the last people in the world to be a devil's advocate for ISBD. Example: I had lots of practice arguing the toss with my father, who often played devil's advocate.» caballito del diablo = dragonfly ; damselfly .
Example: In this way, dragonflies are captured alive and unhurt. Example: Damselflies are brightly coloured insects who, like dragonflies, are acrobatic masters of the air as they hunt for their prey.» como alma que lleva el diablo = hell (bent) for leather .
Example: Unlike the previous rider, this competitor was hell bent for leather as he attacked the mud ponds at full throttle.» ¿cómo diablos...? = how on (this) earth...? ; how the devil...? ; how (in/the) hell...? ; how the fuck...? ; how the heck...? ; how the shit...? ; how (in) the dickens...? .
Example: How on this earth does she get her hair to look so fabulous?. Example: How the devil did he come to be the general secretary of the Communist Party?. Example: How the hell did we wind up like this?. Example: Sometimes I look at myself in the mirror, and I wonder how the fuck did I ever become this awesome?. Example: How the heck did I live through all of this and not end up in a nut se?. Example: How the shit did she keep it a secret for 5 months?. Example: How the dickens did that happen?.» correr como alma que lleva el diablo = run for + Posesivo + life ; run like + hell ; run like + the devil ; run + hell for leather .
Example: We stood in our driveway looking daggers at each other -- the tension was like the air before lightning, even the cat ran for her life. Example: He set explosives around where he thought the entrance to the cave would be, lit the match, and then ran like hell!. Example: We took some photos (from a considerable distance) and then ran like the devil before the fire started to grow and block the road. Example: Rugby is not just a game of two teams running hell for leather into each other; the game we coach is more like a physical game of chess.» ¿cuándo diablos...? = when on (this) earth...? ; when the devil...? ; when (in/the) hell...? ; when the shit...? ; when the heck...? ; when the fuck...? ; when (in) the dickens...? .
Example: When on this earth have we ever got anything for free?. Example: When the devil did you guys start this?. Example: When the hell did you get so negative?. Example: When the shit did she get engaged?. Example: When the heck did juggling become a sport?. Example: When the fuck did everyone turn stupid?. Example: When the dickens are you going to learn?.» cuando el diablo está aburrido mata moscas con el rabo = idle hands are the devil's workshop/tools/playground ; the devil finds work for idle hands .
Example: The saying the 'idle hands are the devil's workshop' may be particularly apt in the case of Islamic rioters and terrorists. Example: They can easily turn into delinquents and cause social disturbances, for, as we all know, the devil finds work for idle hands.» cuando el diablo no tiene qué hacer, con el rabo mata moscas = idle hands are the devil's workshop/tools/playground ; the devil finds work for idle hands .
Example: The saying the 'idle hands are the devil's workshop' may be particularly apt in the case of Islamic rioters and terrorists. Example: They can easily turn into delinquents and cause social disturbances, for, as we all know, the devil finds work for idle hands.» ¿dónde diablos...? = where on (this) earth...? ; where the shit...? ; where the devil...? ; where the fuck...? ; where (in/the) hell...? ; where the heck...? ; where (in) the dickens...? .
Example: Where on this earth could you find such unintelligent life forms?. Example: But where the shit did she hear him ever say this in an interview?. Example: Now, where the devil did I leave my reading glasses?. Example: It's kind of funny how time goes by and we wonder why and where the fuck did it go?. Example: What happened, where the hell did we go wrong?. Example: Where the heck did all these fruit flies come from? = ¿De dónde demonios han salidos todas estas moscas de la fruta?. Example: Where the dickens have they been for the last two months?.» el diablo está en los detalles = the devil (is/lives) in the details .
Example: The article is entitled 'The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection'.» hacer un pacto con el diablo = make + a pact with the devil .
Example: Witches were branded as evil for, among other reasons, having made a pact with the devil and then having intercourse with him.» hecho un diablo = apoplectic .
Example: There's no telling how apoplectic the president will become once these stories reach his favorite medium: television.» irse al diablo = naff off ; get + lost ; go (and) take a hike ; go to + hell ; get out of + Posesivo + face ; go (and) fly a kite .
Example: I just smiled and told him to naff off cos short of punching him in the gob what can you do?. Example: The thing about these two is that we are constantly told that he loves her and yet he is continually asking her to get lost, go home, stop looking at him, stop talking to him, hand him her phone so he can erase his number, etc.. Example: No they are not bona ride, don't take any notice of them just another scam to get your money, tell them to go and take a hike. Example: Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for the directions!. Example: Joel said they came over to see what was going on but he told them to get out of my face and gave them a mouthful. Example: Whoever tried to stand in the way of her goals and dreams was promptly told to go fly a kite.» las sugerencias del diablo = the devil's suggestions .
Example: Instead of hearing the devil's suggestions, we must listen in silence for the thoughts of the Holy Spirit.» llevar a Uno el diablo = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist [Usado más comúnmente en el Reino Unido] ; lose + Posesivo + temper ; be (all) up in arms ; go + ballistic ; blow + Posesivo + top ; go + berserk ; go + crazy ; get + Posesivo + knickers in a knot [Usado más comúnmente en Australia] ; get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle ; get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle [Usado más comúnmente en los Estados Unidos] ; blow + Posesivo + stack ; blow + Posesivo + lid ; go + postal ; blow + a fuse ; wax + indignant ; kick up + a fuss ; kick up + a stink ; throw + a wobbly ; throw + a wobbler ; chuck + a wobbler ; bite + Posesivo + head off ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; hit + the roof ; scream + blue murder ; raise + the roof ; be in full cry (over) ; shout + blue murder ; kick up + a row ; kick up + a storm ; tear + Posesivo + hair out ; froth at + the mouth ; shout + bloody murder ; scream + bloody murder ; jump down + Posesivo + throat ; snap + Posesivo + head off ; foam at + the mouth ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; make + a big deal about ; tear + a strip off + Nombre ; chuck + a wobbly ; fly into + a rage ; lose + Posesivo + rag ; raise + a ruckus ; go into + meltdown ; go + ape(-shit) (on) .
Example: The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories -- one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life. Example: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper. Example: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining. Example: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team. Example: Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure. Example: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk. Example: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her. Example: Darlene's got her knickers in a knot because mischievous little Molly has the look of a girl that would go all the way on the first date. Example: Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify. Example: I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle. Example: She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself. Example: Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left. Example: You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees. Example: He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right. Example: To wax indignant about a President's telling lies makes no more sense than to do so about a wrestler's faking falls. Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for. Example: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!. Example: Under the circumstances, rather than chuck a wobbler, I opted to take a nap. Example: From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him -- sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: The left, meanwhile, is in full cry over the commission's allegedly draconian cuts in Social Security benefits. Example: There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam. Example: This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks. Example: I can picture Mr. Mukhtar in the stands on a cold winter's afternoon, beer in hand, wearing his scarf, shouting bloody murder. Example: Within ten minutes, the child suddenly woke up out of her semi-comatose state, stood up in the crib and started screaming bloody murder. Example: I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being. Example: The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us -- it was so uncomfortable. Example: All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: Jenkins was actually in tears because you tore a strip off her for handing in a report ten minutes late!. Example: This video was of my eldest son Dion taken while he was chucking a wobbly. Example: He winkled the truth out of her, flew into a rage, and demanded she gives her friend an ultimatum. Example: A Judge has slammed a police officer who 'lost his rag' and broke the jaw of the man he was arresting. Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into. Example: The pressure of the competition finally got to her and her usual happy-go-lucky demeanour disappeared as she went into meltdown. Example: My wife is a bit of a tree-hugger, so she went ape-shit when I ran over a frog.» llevar a Uno (todos) los diablos = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist [Usado más comúnmente en el Reino Unido] ; lose + Posesivo + temper ; be (all) up in arms ; go + ballistic ; blow + Posesivo + top ; go + berserk ; go + crazy ; get + Posesivo + knickers in a knot [Usado más comúnmente en Australia] ; get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle ; get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle [Usado más comúnmente en los Estados Unidos] ; blow + Posesivo + stack ; blow + Posesivo + lid ; go + postal ; blow + a fuse ; wax + indignant ; kick up + a fuss ; kick up + a stink ; throw + a wobbly ; throw + a wobbler ; chuck + a wobbler ; bite + Posesivo + head off ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; hit + the roof ; scream + blue murder ; raise + the roof ; be in full cry (over) ; shout + blue murder ; kick up + a row ; kick up + a storm ; tear + Posesivo + hair out ; froth at + the mouth ; shout + bloody murder ; scream + bloody murder ; jump down + Posesivo + throat ; snap + Posesivo + head off ; foam at + the mouth ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; make + a big deal about ; tear + a strip off + Nombre ; chuck + a wobbly ; fly into + a rage ; lose + Posesivo + rag ; raise + a ruckus ; go into + meltdown ; go + ape(-shit) (on) .
Example: The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories -- one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life. Example: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper. Example: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining. Example: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team. Example: Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure. Example: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk. Example: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her. Example: Darlene's got her knickers in a knot because mischievous little Molly has the look of a girl that would go all the way on the first date. Example: Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify. Example: I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle. Example: She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself. Example: Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left. Example: You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees. Example: He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right. Example: To wax indignant about a President's telling lies makes no more sense than to do so about a wrestler's faking falls. Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for. Example: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!. Example: Under the circumstances, rather than chuck a wobbler, I opted to take a nap. Example: From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him -- sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: The left, meanwhile, is in full cry over the commission's allegedly draconian cuts in Social Security benefits. Example: There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam. Example: This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks. Example: I can picture Mr. Mukhtar in the stands on a cold winter's afternoon, beer in hand, wearing his scarf, shouting bloody murder. Example: Within ten minutes, the child suddenly woke up out of her semi-comatose state, stood up in the crib and started screaming bloody murder. Example: I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being. Example: The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us -- it was so uncomfortable. Example: All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: Jenkins was actually in tears because you tore a strip off her for handing in a report ten minutes late!. Example: This video was of my eldest son Dion taken while he was chucking a wobbly. Example: He winkled the truth out of her, flew into a rage, and demanded she gives her friend an ultimatum. Example: A Judge has slammed a police officer who 'lost his rag' and broke the jaw of the man he was arresting. Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into. Example: The pressure of the competition finally got to her and her usual happy-go-lucky demeanour disappeared as she went into meltdown. Example: My wife is a bit of a tree-hugger, so she went ape-shit when I ran over a frog.» más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo = there's no substitute for experience ; experience is the best teacher ; wisdom comes with age ; with age comes wisdom ; you can't teach an old dog new tricks [Proverbio] .
Example: The old axiom 'there's no substitute for experience' still rings true. Example: Experience is the best teacher and none can deny it. Example: I think it's time we dispel the untruth that 'wisdom comes with age'. Example: We've all heard the adage that with age comes wisdom, but now science is backing up the claim. Example: The article is entitled 'Rewiring a working library or teaching an old dog new tricks'.» pacto con el diablo = pact with the devil .
Example: According to most superstitions, witches were said to acquire their supernatural powers through a pact with the Devil = Según la mayoría de las supersticiones, se decía que las brujas obtenian sus poderes sobrenaturales haciendo un pacto con el diablo.» ponerse (hecho/como) un diablo = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist [Usado más comúnmente en el Reino Unido] ; lose + Posesivo + temper ; be (all) up in arms ; go + ballistic ; blow + Posesivo + top ; go + berserk ; go + crazy ; get + Posesivo + knickers in a knot [Usado más comúnmente en Australia] ; get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle ; get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle [Usado más comúnmente en los Estados Unidos] ; blow + Posesivo + stack ; blow + Posesivo + lid ; go + postal ; blow + a fuse ; wax + indignant ; kick up + a fuss ; kick up + a stink ; throw + a wobbly ; throw + a wobbler ; chuck + a wobbler ; bite + Posesivo + head off ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; hit + the roof ; scream + blue murder ; raise + the roof ; be in full cry (over) ; shout + blue murder ; kick up + a row ; kick up + a storm ; tear + Posesivo + hair out ; froth at + the mouth ; shout + bloody murder ; scream + bloody murder ; jump down + Posesivo + throat ; snap + Posesivo + head off ; foam at + the mouth ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; make + a big deal about ; tear + a strip off + Nombre ; chuck + a wobbly ; fly into + a rage ; lose + Posesivo + rag .
Example: The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories -- one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life. Example: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper. Example: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining. Example: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team. Example: Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure. Example: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk. Example: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her. Example: Darlene's got her knickers in a knot because mischievous little Molly has the look of a girl that would go all the way on the first date. Example: Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify. Example: I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle. Example: She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself. Example: Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left. Example: You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees. Example: He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right. Example: To wax indignant about a President's telling lies makes no more sense than to do so about a wrestler's faking falls. Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for. Example: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!. Example: Under the circumstances, rather than chuck a wobbler, I opted to take a nap. Example: From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him -- sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: The left, meanwhile, is in full cry over the commission's allegedly draconian cuts in Social Security benefits. Example: There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam. Example: This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks. Example: I can picture Mr. Mukhtar in the stands on a cold winter's afternoon, beer in hand, wearing his scarf, shouting bloody murder. Example: Within ten minutes, the child suddenly woke up out of her semi-comatose state, stood up in the crib and started screaming bloody murder. Example: I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being. Example: The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us -- it was so uncomfortable. Example: All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: Jenkins was actually in tears because you tore a strip off her for handing in a report ten minutes late!. Example: This video was of my eldest son Dion taken while he was chucking a wobbly. Example: He winkled the truth out of her, flew into a rage, and demanded she gives her friend an ultimatum. Example: A Judge has slammed a police officer who 'lost his rag' and broke the jaw of the man he was arresting.» ponerse (como/hecho) un diablo = raise + a ruckus ; go into + meltdown ; go + ape(-shit) (on) .
Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into. Example: The pressure of the competition finally got to her and her usual happy-go-lucky demeanour disappeared as she went into meltdown. Example: My wife is a bit of a tree-hugger, so she went ape-shit when I ran over a frog.» ponerse (hecho/como) un diablo = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist [Usado más comúnmente en el Reino Unido] ; lose + Posesivo + temper ; be (all) up in arms ; go + ballistic ; blow + Posesivo + top ; go + berserk ; go + crazy ; get + Posesivo + knickers in a knot [Usado más comúnmente en Australia] ; get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle ; get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle [Usado más comúnmente en los Estados Unidos] ; blow + Posesivo + stack ; blow + Posesivo + lid ; go + postal ; blow + a fuse ; wax + indignant ; kick up + a fuss ; kick up + a stink ; throw + a wobbly ; throw + a wobbler ; chuck + a wobbler ; bite + Posesivo + head off ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; hit + the roof ; scream + blue murder ; raise + the roof ; be in full cry (over) ; shout + blue murder ; kick up + a row ; kick up + a storm ; tear + Posesivo + hair out ; froth at + the mouth ; shout + bloody murder ; scream + bloody murder ; jump down + Posesivo + throat ; snap + Posesivo + head off ; foam at + the mouth ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; make + a big deal about ; tear + a strip off + Nombre ; chuck + a wobbly ; fly into + a rage ; lose + Posesivo + rag .
Example: The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories -- one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life. Example: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper. Example: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining. Example: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team. Example: Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure. Example: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk. Example: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her. Example: Darlene's got her knickers in a knot because mischievous little Molly has the look of a girl that would go all the way on the first date. Example: Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify. Example: I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle. Example: She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself. Example: Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left. Example: You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees. Example: He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right. Example: To wax indignant about a President's telling lies makes no more sense than to do so about a wrestler's faking falls. Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for. Example: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!. Example: Under the circumstances, rather than chuck a wobbler, I opted to take a nap. Example: From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him -- sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: The left, meanwhile, is in full cry over the commission's allegedly draconian cuts in Social Security benefits. Example: There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam. Example: This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks. Example: I can picture Mr. Mukhtar in the stands on a cold winter's afternoon, beer in hand, wearing his scarf, shouting bloody murder. Example: Within ten minutes, the child suddenly woke up out of her semi-comatose state, stood up in the crib and started screaming bloody murder. Example: I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being. Example: The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us -- it was so uncomfortable. Example: All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: Jenkins was actually in tears because you tore a strip off her for handing in a report ten minutes late!. Example: This video was of my eldest son Dion taken while he was chucking a wobbly. Example: He winkled the truth out of her, flew into a rage, and demanded she gives her friend an ultimatum. Example: A Judge has slammed a police officer who 'lost his rag' and broke the jaw of the man he was arresting.» ¿por qué diablos...? = why (in/the) hell...? [Las posibles combinaciones son why in hell, why in the hell y why the hell] ; Why the devil...? ; why the shit...? ; why the heck...? ; why (in) the dickens...? .
Example: Why in the hell do I have a scratchy throat and feel congested but I don't feel sick?. Example: Why the devil does she keep trying to be something everyone knows she's not?. Example: Why the shit does this constantly happen to me?. Example: Why the heck did we buy this house?. Example: Why the dickens can't she be arrested after using social media to incite violence?.» ¡qué diablos! = Heck! .
Example: Heck, let's make it a contest!.» ¿qué diablos...? = what the heck...? ; what on (this) earth...? ; what the fuck...? ; what the devil...? ; what the shit...? ; what (in/the) hell...? ; what (in) the dickens...? .
Example: The article is entitled 'Designing online system interfaces for non-technical people: or 'excuse the dumb question, but what the heck does 'online' mean?'. Example: The article 'What on earth did we do before?' reports the experience in the use of a computerized catalogue based on the Autolib package. Example: What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch?. Example: What the devil is she still doing here, that old woman?. Example: What the shit is she wearing on her feet?. Example: What the hell is she doing, he's half her age!. Example: What in the dickens is the matter with you?.» ¿quién diablos...? = who the fuck...? ; who the shit...? ; who on (this) earth...? ; who the devil...? ; who (in/the) hell...? ; who the heck...? ; who (in) the dickens...? .
Example: Who the fuck does she think she is ordering me around?. Example: So who the shit does this chauvanist pig think he is?. Example: Who on this earth does she think she is kidding?. Example: Who the devil did he think he was, abducting her from the ballroom and practically ravishing her?. Example: Who the hell did he think he was talking to?. Example: Nice hotel, decent location, but who the heck did the plumbing?. Example: Who in the dickens is going to pay for all that?.» ser justo hasta con el diablo = give the devil his due .
Example: We don't really get on with the new boss but he has some good ideas so we must give the devil his due.» ser obra del diablo = be the work of the devil ; be the devil's work .
Example: St Thomas Aquinas thought that spontaneous generation of insects was the work of the devil. Example: When this happens you have to ask yourself whether it is the devil's work.» vender el alma al diablo = sell + Posesivo + soul to the devil .
Example: Legend has it that he sold his soul to the devil so that he could play anything.