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Let’s take a look today at some very interesting Spanish idioms starting with the letter A.

01. acordarse de alguien – besides meaning to remember someone it can also be an expression of threat, like “I’m going to hunt you down”, or something like this.

¡Te acordarás de mí! – I’m going to hunt you down!
¡Ese se va a acordar de mí! – That guy’s going to get a piece of me!

02. acostarse con las gallinas – to go to bed very early

Mi abuela se acuesta con las gallinas. – My grandma goes to bed very early.
¿Realmente tienes que acostarte con las gallinas? – Do you really have to go to bed so early?

03. agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo – to do anything to get out of a bad situation, to be clutching at straws

Se agarró a la oportunidad como un clavo ardiendo. – He was clutching at straws for that opportunity.
Quiero trabajar, y no me importa que sea en turno de noche; con tal de trabajar, me agarro a un clavo ardiendo. – I want to work, and it doesn’t matter if it’s night shift; as long as I’m working, I’d do anything.

04. aguar la fiesta – to spoil somebody’s fun

Se pone tan serio que siempre agua la fiesta. – He always gets to serious and ends up spoiling everybody’s fun.
Nos la estábamos pasando bomba pero llegó mi madre y nos aguó la fiesta. – We were having a blast but my mother arrived and spoiled our fun.

05. ajustarle las cuentas (a alguien) – to get back at someone; to get even with someone

Si nos ha hecho una faena, le ajustaremos las cuentas. – If he played us, we’re going to get even.
Nos sirvieron mal y les ajustamos las cuentas, no volvimos más a comer allá. – We were badly served and we took action and never went back there to eat.

Eso es todo por hoy, nos vemos prontito.