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Default Idioms (I think)

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I have read a thread in which the webmaster told to a member that he/she can post here some idioms. I found lots of them, i post them here:
i don't know the meanings, i just have the translation into spanish

You have more tale than little street


Tienes mas cuento que Calleja
From lost to the river

De perdidos al río



The mother who gave birth to him


La madre que lo parió
Sissy the last

Marica el último



For if the flies


Por si las moscas
Your pan has gone

Se te ha ido la olla



Everywhere they boil beans


En todas partes cuecen habas
Composed and without girlfriend

Compuesto y sin novia



Go out by legs


Salir por piernas
If I have seen you I don't remember

Si te he visto no me acuerdo



Switch off and let's go


Apaga y vámonos
It is not turkey mucus

No es moco de pavo



Let's go Don't fuck me


Vamos no me jodas
That if you want rice Catherine

Que si quieres arroz Catalina



Shit little parrot


Cágate lorito
Morning-singer

Cantamañanas



Another who such dance


Otro que tal baila
To another thing butterfly

A otra cosa mariposa



What of-taylor


Qué desastre
Among whistles and flutes

Entre pitos y flautas



Like water of May


Como agua de Mayo
To fuck the female pig

Joder la marrana



Marking parcel


Marcando paquete
To put in a cigar

Meter un puro



My happiness in a hole


Mi gozo en un pozo
Sissy beach

Marica playa



Which-o


Cualo
It finished what it was given

Se acabó lo que se daba



To go by the Ubeda's mountains


Irse por los cerros de Ubeda
You see less than Joseph Milks

Ves menos que Pepe Leches



High to the meritorious one!


¡Alto a la benemérita!
What brown

Que marrón



The gold that shited the Arabian man


El oro que cago el moro
What so doggish life

Qué vida tan perra



You shited Burt Lancaster


La cagaste Burt Lancaster
You roll yourself like a window blinde

Te enrollas como una persiana



Go away to frie asparagous


Vete a freir esparragos
Send eggs!

¡Manda huevos!



Who sings his bads frightens


Quien canta sus males espanta
I can't with my soul

No puedo con mi alma



Good of the Paraguay


Guai del Paraguay
You hallucinate little cucumbers

Alucinas pepinillos



Without-shame!


¡Sinverguenza!
You don't give foot with ball

No das pie con bola





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Coward of the prairie

Cobarde de la pradera



Sinful torpedo


Torpedo pecador
Seven horses come from Peacefulness

Siete caballos vienen de Bonanza



To you they gave you a label of anisette of the monkey


A ti te dieron una etiqueta de anís del mono
Until then Lucas

Hasta luego Lucas



I am not able to, I am not able to


No puedo, no puedo
Brother-in-laaaaaaaaaaaaaaw !!!!

¡¡¡Cuñaaaaaaaaaaaaaao!!!
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El oro que cago el moro
What so doggish life


This one has a direct equivalent in English:

A dog's life

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