| A | B |
|---|
| buscarle pelos al huevo | to look for hair on the egg (find fault with everything) |
| andar pisando huevos | to walk stepping on eggs (to tread on thin ice) |
| poner toda la carne en el asador | "to put all the meat on the spit" (to put all your eggs in one basket) |
| llamar al pan,pan y al vino, vino | "to call bread, bread and wine, wine" (to call a spade a spade) |
| hacer buenas migas con alguien | "to make good crumbs with someone" (to get along well with someone) |
| estar hasta en la sopa | "to be even in the soup" (there's no getting away from someone) |
| mandarle a alguien a freír espárragos | "to order someone to fry asparagus" (to tell someone to jump in the lake) |
| sacarle las castañas del fuego a alguien | "to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for someone" (to save someone's neck) |
| llevarse calabazas | "to carry off pumpkins" (to lose) |
| no compartir peras con nadie | "not to share pears with anyone" (to act alone in one's own interest) |
| echar leña al fuego | "to throw wood on the fire" (to add fuel to the fire) |
| ir al grano | "to go to the seed" (to get to the point) |
