{"id":10085,"date":"2016-09-23T11:18:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T15:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=10085"},"modified":"2018-08-03T09:33:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T13:33:48","slug":"spanish-set-expressions-giving-someone-a-hand-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-set-expressions-giving-someone-a-hand-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Set Expressions: Giving Someone a Hand (II)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>This week post continues with the set expressions in Spanish. Let’s study more expressions with hands, since the Spanish language<\/a> has a wide variety of meanings for this part of the body. \u00a1Manos a la obra!\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Poner las manos en el fuego por alguien\u00a0<\/b><\/span>(to place one’s own hand in the\u00a0fire for someone)<\/strong>: To really show that you trust\u00a0someone, you claim you would place your hands in the fire. Used by many politicians to defend cases of corruption in their parties.<\/p>\n

Example:\u00a0Felipe Gonz\u00e1lez pone la mano en el fuego por “la honradez personal” de Chaves y Gri\u00f1\u00e1n. (Felipe Gonz\u00e1lez puts his hand in the fire for the “personal honesty” of Chaves and Gri\u00f1\u00e1n.)<\/p>\n

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Tener\u00a0buena mano para…<\/span> (to have a good hand for…)<\/strong>: When you have a special ability to do something.<\/p>\n

Example:\u00a0Para la cocina hay que tener buena mano. (To cook you need a good hand.)<\/p>\n

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Ser\u00a0un manitas<\/b><\/span>\u00a0(to be handy): <\/strong>Used in Spain only, to be skillful in doing something, mostly household repairs and DIY stuff.<\/p>\n

Example:\u00a0Antes, la gente era muy manitas y la mayor\u00eda sab\u00eda arreglar su coche por su cuenta. (In the past,\u00a0people were very handy and knew how to fix their\u00a0car on their\u00a0own.)<\/p>\n

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(Tener) mano dura<\/span> (to have a firm\u00a0hand): <\/b>Used to refer to the authorities, when there is no tolerance for dissent.<\/p>\n

Example:\u00a0El Ayuntamiento pide a la Polic\u00eda mano dura para controlar el ruido de la Plaza. (The City Council asks the police to control noise at the Square with a firm\u00a0hand.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tener mano izquierda<\/span> (to have left hand): <\/b>Official\u00a0<\/b>definition: Habilidad o astucia para manejarse o resolver situaciones dif\u00edciles, <\/i>or Skills or wit to handle or solve difficult situations.<\/p>\n

Example:\u00a0Al final todo depender\u00e1 de las personas: Patxi L\u00f3pez, el nuevo presidente del Congreso<\/a>, tiene raz\u00f3n al recordar que esta es la hora de pol\u00edticos con mano izquierda. (In the end, everything depends on the people: Patxi Lopez, the new president of Congress is right to remember that this is the time for politicians with left hand.)<\/p>\n

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Tirar la piedra y esconder la mano<\/span> (to throw a\u00a0stone and hide your hand):\u00a0<\/b>To do something and then pretend it’s not one’s own doing; to be hypocritical.<\/p>\n

Example: \u00ab\u2014Eso de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano<\/i>, es muy f\u00e1cil, hija m\u00eda, y s\u00f3lo lo has hecho para darme a entender que sabes m\u00e1s de mi casa que yo misma, lo que es una pretensi\u00f3n rid\u00edcula\u00bb (Fern\u00e1n Caballero,\u00a0Clemencia<\/i>. Madrid: 1852). (That thing of throwing the stone and hiding your hand, is very easy, my child, and you only did it to show me that you know more about my house than myself, which is a ridiculous claim.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week post continues with the set expressions in Spanish. Let’s study more expressions with hands, since the Spanish language has a wide variety of meanings for this part of the body. \u00a1Manos a la obra!\u00a0 Poner las manos en el fuego por alguien\u00a0(to place one’s own hand in the\u00a0fire for someone): To really show…<\/p>\n

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