Pellejo in english
Skin
pronunciation: skɪn part of speech: noun
pronunciation: skɪn part of speech: noun
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» dejarse el pellejo = play out + Posesivo + skin ; work + Posesivo + butt off ; sweat + blood ; slog + Posesivo + guts out ; give + Posesivo + all ; work + Posesivo + tail off ; work + Posesivo + ass off ; work + Posesivo + proverbials off ; give + Posesivo + everything .
Example: James played out his skin and always led by example both in defence and attack. Example: They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd. Example: After spending a year sweating blood to write a novel, tossing it into a sock drawer isn't easy if you know it's good. Example: It is a disgrace when you consider that there are people slogging their guts out and only getting paid a minimum wage of £3.70 per hour. Example: Memorial Day is a day for Americans to come together and honor our military dead who gave their all so we might live in freedom. Example: A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. Example: What do you think of a woman expecting a baby working her ass off supporting a sorry ass man that will not work?. Example: To his credit, he's worked his proverbials off since he realised that reaching the 'Promised Land' was not just a daydream. Example: He'll be able to save face by showing that he gave his everything, but he won't have to suffer the consequences of actually implementing that horrible legislation.» dejarse el pellejo trabajando = work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone ; go at it + hammer and tongs ; work + Posesivo + to the bone .
Example: There are plenty of those out there who are working their fingers to the bone and still have a hard time keeping their heads above water. Example: If you make the conscious decision to go at it hammer and tongs and work yourself to the bone, then your colleagues may view your actions as something that could bring the company back from the depths. Example: If you make the conscious decision to go at it hammer and tongs and work yourself to the bone, then your colleagues may view your actions as something that could bring the company back from the depths.» deparse el pellejo = work + Posesivo + arse off .
Example: She did what she could and worked her arse off to complete her assignment not only on time but to the best of her abilities.» jugarse el pellejo = risk + life and limb ; risk + Posesivo + neck ; Posesivo + head + be + on the block ; put + Posesivo + head on the block ; put + Posesivo + neck on the block ; lay + Posesivo + neck on the block ; put + Posesivo + head on the line .
Example: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder. Example: And the news coverage of the girl named Katrina Kivi, who'd risked her neck to speak sense into a crowd of angry students, had just begun. Example: Ernie told them that I was now in charge; they were to listen to me; and, if I made a mistake, 'my head was on the block'. Example: She has put her head on the block in defending her principles, which she insists her staff must also abide by. Example: This ministry requires a no-nonsense and thick-skinned person who is not scared to put his neck on the block in fighting crime, not a softie like him. Example: That means that he is foolish enough to lay his neck on the block for someone else and that he is a weak-willed man. Example: A lot of the correspondents in Germany knew that if they wrote something that displeased the Nazis they would be expelled, but he wasn't afraid to put his head on the line by telling the truth.» jugarse la piel = risk + Posesivo + life .
Example: Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.» salvar el pellejo = save + Posesivo + bacon ; save + Posesivo + skin ; save + Posesivo + hide .
Example: Shecame out of the kitchen with a mixed drink and thanked him again for saving her bacon, and he downplayed the whole thing and said that anyone would've done the same. Example: I stopped and just stared at her, I knew her cry was fake and she was putting up an act to save her skin, that really made me angry. Example: I am shocked and disgusted with her apparent lack of gratitude or appreciation of the efforts of those who saved her hide.» vino nuevo en pellejos viejos = new wine in old wineskins [Usado para indicar que la situación actual no ha cambiado con respecto a la anterior] ; new wine in old bottles [Usado para indicar que la situación actual no ha cambiado con respecto a la anterior] .
Example: The article 'Searching for information on the Net: new wine in old wineskins' provides a glossary of Internet network search terms. Example: The article 'Resource sharing of serials: old wine in new bottles or substantial changes?' reviews the history of periodicals interloans.» vino viejo en pellejos nuevos = old wine in new bottles .
Example: The article 'Cataloguing vs. metadata: old wine in new bottles?' identifies some of the fundamental differences between traditional cataloguing activity and metadata.