Palabras y frases comunes en inglés que no te enseñan en el colegio

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Hoy nos gustaría presentarte una tabla con algunas palabras y frases comúnmente utilizadas por los nativos ingleses pero que no se suelen enseñar normalmente en la escuela o cursos de inglés.

Tabla 1: Palabras y frases comunes en inglés

Palabra / Frase	Significado	Contexto
My tummy is upset	Me duele la barriga	I couldn’t sleep well last night, my tummy was upset.
I don't give a flying fig	No me importa	He doesn’t give a flying fig if I don’t get a new job soon.
I couldn’t care less	No me importa	We couldn’t care less about the outcome of the match, we dislike both team.
I couldn’t be bothered	No me molesté	You couldn’t be bothered calling him, he’s shown no respect for you.
I’m with you	Te sigo, te entiendo	All right, I’m with you, keep reading.
I’m not with you	No te sigo, no te entiendo	Hold on! Can you repeat please? I’m not with you.
Make no mistake	No te equivoques	But make no mistake, this is not easy and you’ll have to try hard.
Good food for thought	Te hará pensar	Read this article, is good food for thought.
Social butterfly	Una persona muy sociable	You’re such a social butterfly; always have a good plan to go out.
My brain is addled	Mi cerebro está confundido	My brain is addled today, I better go to bed.
We’ll agree to disagree	No nos ponemos de acuerdo	We’ll agree to disagree on this one; our points of view are very different.
Kick off	Empezar / Realizar el saque inicial	You better kick this off and start working / The match just kicked off 5 minutes ago.
Keep the ball running	Mantener el esfuerzo	Don’t worry about that now, let’s fix this and keep the ball running!
Kick the can down the road	Retrasar la toma de decisiones	He said Obama is showing he "wants to kick the can down the road" until after the election.
To be on someone’s foot	Ponerse en el lugar de la otra persona	Seriously, try to be on my shoes and you'll see what I mean.
We don’t want to shoot ourselves on the foot	Crearnos problemas o complicaciones.	We're once again sadly demonstrating to the rest of the world our self-destructive propensity- we shoot ourselves on the foot.
To lose your marbles	Perder la cabeza	She’s spending too much time on her own; I think she’s going to lose her marbles.
Ta	Forma abreviada de “Thanks”	Ta! -You're welcome!

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