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A couple of weeks ago I posted about how to use the verb quitar<\/strong><\/a> correctly, because it is so similar to sacar<\/em>. Today I am going to teach you some idioms, those expressions that always give us a hard time due to the fact that they don’t usually mean what their independent parts mean.<\/p>\n 01. Quien quita.<\/strong> = Quien sabe, quiz\u00e1. Who knows! God knows! Tal vez.<\/p>\n 02. Quitar de la cabeza<\/strong> = to get something off your mind.<\/p>\n Si crees que vas a salir esta noche sin mi permiso, qu\u00edtatelo de la cabeza. [If you think you’re going out tonight without my permission, get that off your mind.]<\/em> 03. Quitarse de delante \/ de encima<\/strong> = to get rid of something \/ someone.<\/p>\n Se quit\u00f3 de delante a los que protestaban. [She got rid of those who were protesting.]<\/em> 04. Quitarse de en medio<\/strong> = to get out of the way; to commit suicide<\/p>\n Se quit\u00f3 de en medio para no interrumpir nuestra conversaci\u00f3n. [She got out of the way so as to not interrupt our conversation.]<\/em> 05. Sin quitar ni poner<\/strong> = exactly as it was told<\/p>\n Estas fueron sus palabras, sin quitar ni poner. [Those were her words, exactly as they were said.]<\/em><\/p>\n 06. Quitar el hipo<\/strong> = to take someone’s breath away; to blow someone’s mind<\/p>\n Este chico quita el hipo. [This kid takes my breath away.]<\/em> 07. Quitar la careta\/m\u00e1scara<\/strong> = to unmask yourself, to show your true colors<\/p>\n Le hemos quitado la careta y ha confesado que quer\u00eda quedarse con todas nuestras acciones. [We blew her cover and she confessed that she wanted to take all our shares.]<\/em> 08. Quitar un peso de encima<\/strong> = to lift a weight off one’s shoulders<\/p>\n Cuando resolvi\u00f3 el problema, Ana se quit\u00f3 un peso de encima. [When she solved the problem, Ana lifted a weight off her shoulders.]<\/em> Have a great week! See you next time!<\/p>\n
\nNo se me quita de la cabeza lo mal que se port\u00f3 con nosotros. [I can’t stop thinking how badly she treated us.]<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNo s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo quitarme de encima este trabalho. [I just can’t get rid of this job.]<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSe quit\u00f3 de en medio abri\u00e9ndose las venas. [She killed herself by slitting her wrists.]<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPedro se ha comprado un coche que se quita el hipo. [Pedro bought a car that blows your mind.]<\/em><\/p>\n
\nElla se quit\u00f3 la m\u00e1scara cuando dijo que se casaba por dinero. [She showed her true colors when she said she was getting married for money.]<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCuando vimos entrar a los ni\u00f1os se nos quit\u00f3 un peso de encima. [When we saw the kids come in, it lifted a weight off our shoulders.]<\/em><\/p>\n