Interlingua - Phrases Level 12

Proverb
Opposites attract - Polos opuestos se atraen
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them

Idiom
Head over heels - Perdidamente
From the bottom of your heart - With sincere feeling. Desde el fondo de tu corazon
Pillow talk - Conversations that people who are in love have when they are in bed together
Straight from the heart - Directamente desde el corazón
To go one's separate ways - Tomar caminos separados
To kick a man when he's down - To do something bad to someone when you know they already have a lot of problems
He's your man - Ese es tu hombre
He's a man's man - El es todo un hombre
Eat your heart out - If someone tells you to eat your heart out, they are saying they are better than you at something
Eat your words - You accept publicly that you were wrong about something you said (Retractarse)
To have a lot on your plate - If someone has a lot on their plate, they are currently very busy with many tasks or projects
He's bitten off more than he can chew - You have tried to do something which is too difficult for you
To be in the soup - To be in trouble
Not my cup of tea - If something is not your cup of tea, you don't like it very much.
Your bread and butter - Your bread and butter is your livelihood or the source of your income
Something is cooking - Something is happening (Algo se está cocinando)

Expression
Everything went according to plan - Todo marchaba a la perfección
All's fair in love and war - The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war
To have a big heart - To have good wishes constantly for others
To break someone's heart - To cause someone great disappointment or sorrow, as a disappoint in love
Love handles - Llantitas (at the stomach)
It's in your genes - It's in your blood
Be a man! - Don't cry, Be a man!
A mom and Pop operation - A store or small family business
The man of the house - Who gives the orders in the house
Small potatoes - When something is not important, it's small potatoes
Not just a pretty face - Lo que tiene de bonita lo tiene de inteligente
Let's hear it - "lets hear it for the little boy" es algo que dice alguien para pedir aplausos
Listen up! - To put atention
To finishing touch - Dar los Retoques finales