Gatas in english

Gatas

pronunciation: gətəz part of speech: noun
In gestures

gato1 = cat ; moggy [moggie]. 

Example: Parentheses help to clarify complex search requests, e.g. dog and (cat or kitten) vs. (dog and cat) or kitten.Example: An astonished cat owner has been reunited with her beloved missing moggy -- ten years after he first disappeared.

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» acabar como el perro y el gatoend up at + each other's throats .

Example: One of the best ways to ensure that you and your partner don't end up at each other's throats is by giving each other plenty of leeway to be who you want to be.

» a gatason all fours .

Example: Scientists have controversially claimed the discovery of gene variants which directly influence whether we walk upright or on all fours.

» albergue para gatoscattery .

Example: In my youth, my mother kept a cattery of sort because we had about 18 adopted stray cats, each lovingly cared for.

» andar a gataswalk on + all fourscrawl .

Example: In human evolution, the transition from walking on all fours to walking upright didn't occur in a single step.

Example: Weeks of intensive feeding have transformed the baby into a chubby-cheeked boy who crawls.

» andar como el perro y el gatobe at each other's throatsbe at one another's throatsbe at daggers drawn (with) .

Example: What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats.

Example: But as tension mounts, the president and prime minister are at one another's throats.

Example: Throughout Mr Blair's time in office Mr Mandelson and Mr Brown were at daggers drawn.

» apenas cuatro gatoshardly anybodyscarcely anybodyhardly anyonescarcely anyonehardly a soulonly a handful of people .

Example: There is hardly anybody good for everything and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.

Example: There is hardly anybody good for everything and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.

Example: Despite the efforts of the publicity subcommittee, hardly anyone attended the workshop that had been planned so painstakingly.

Example: For whatever obscure reason, two meetings were held to organise the fiftieth anniversary of the settlement but scarcely anyone attended.

Example: Passing through mile after mile of surf beaches with hardly a soul to be seen for most of the year, you'll enjoy the solitude in an untouched wilderness.

Example: But his radical views on religion would destroy his success, and by the end of his life, only a handful of people attended his funeral.

» aquí hay gato encerradothere is/was more to it than meets/met the eyethere is/was more to the picture than meets/met the eye .

Example: So don't be too hasty to write it off -- there's more to it than meets the eye.

Example: Despite this common sense observation, most economists have failed to see that 'there's more to the picture than meets the eye', as Neil Young once sang.

» buscarle cinco pies al gatosplit + hairs .

Example: This volume is too long, contains too many lengthy theoretical arguments that often split hairs, and is written in a tedious prose style.

» buscarle los tres pies al gatonitpick .

Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.

» buscarle tres pies al gatosplit + hairs .

Example: This volume is too long, contains too many lengthy theoretical arguments that often split hairs, and is written in a tedious prose style.

» comida para gatoscat food .

Example: Wet cat food can also be fed to an undernourished kitten, especially if it struggles with chewing dry cat food.

» cuatro gatosfour men and a dogfour nobodies .

Example: But very few people have any time for domestic cricket, where matches are often played in front of the proverbial four men and a dog.

Example: So basically this new team comes from the fact that he has decided to sit at home sipping brandy while his son and four nobodies do all the work.

» dar gato por liebrebuy + a pig in a pokepass off + a lemonpull + a fast one (on + Nombre) slip + one pastslip + one in onsell + a pig in a poke .

Example: You might say we buy 'a pig in a poke' every four years, except that no pig has ever done the kind of damage our recent presidents have done.

Example: Since he lost his job at the quarry, Dave runs a used car business, and takes great delight in passing off a lemon to a university student.

Example: This is the problem -- she has a history of appearing to 'pull a fast one on' the American people.

Example: Anyone who can slip one past you is a highly skilled con artist.

Example: You should be outraged if the government or big business tries to slip one in on you.

Example: Workers don't understand that their rights are evaporating and that they are being sold a pig in a poke.

» defender como gato panza arribafight + tooth and nail to defend .

Example: I know folk are very passionate about politics and can fight tooth and nail to defend their particular ideological stance.

» de noche, todos los gatos son pardosafter dark all cats are leopards .

Example: An American proverb says that 'after dark, all cats are leopards' and maybe it's true.

» el gato + comerse + la lenguathe cat + have got + Posesivo + tongue .

Example: She was quite a talker till the cat got her tongue.

» el Gato con BotasPuss in Boots .

Example: The Tale of 'Puss In Boots' was told by Perrault as 'Le Chat Botte' in his 'Histories ou contes du temps passé,' published in 1697.

» encaramarse a gatasclamber .

Example: Earlier, police were spotted clambering over rooftops looking for a man who had allegedly abandoned a stolen car and was breaking off TV antennas.

» estar como el perro y el gatobe at each other's throatsbe at one another's throatsbe at daggers drawn (with) .

Example: What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats.

Example: But as tension mounts, the president and prime minister are at one another's throats.

Example: Throughout Mr Blair's time in office Mr Mandelson and Mr Brown were at daggers drawn.

» gato callejerostray catalley cat .

Example: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.

Example: A fight had broken out and the boys were scuffling like alley cats in the parking lot.

» gato cazarratonesmouser  ; barn cat .

Example: Because they spend most or all of their time outdoors, mousers may also be more susceptible to injuries, risks, and illnesses.

Example: I have one barn cat who hunts day and night and I believe she eats many of her kills (mice, rabbits, chipmunks, and the like).

» gato de rocameerkat .

Example: Meerkats are an excellent model system to test hypotheses arising from the theory of evolution.

» gato dormilón no pilla ratónif you snooze you lose .

Example: Sweetie, you know how the sales go, if you snooze you lose.

» gato escaldado del agua fría huyeonce bitten, twice shyonce bitten, twice shy .

Example: To promote food products, it is essential that exaggerated claims must be avoided, for the consumer 'once bitten is twice shy'.

Example: To promote food products, it is essential that exaggerated claims must be avoided, for the consumer 'once bitten is twice shy'.

» gato machotomcat .

Example: Does anyone know if it is possible for a spayed female cat to attract and possibly mate with tomcats?.

» gato montéswildcatbobcat .

Example: Sufficient attention should be given to preventing the parasitic, bacterial and viral infectious diseases that are influential in the decline in the numbers of wildcats.

Example: This species of bobcat can be mistaken for a lynx but its underside is whitish with dark spots and its tail blackish above and white below.

» gato salvajeferal cat .

Example: What proponents fail to mention is that feral cats suffer horribly from the lack of food, water, shelter and regular medical care .

» gato siamésSiamese cat .

Example: In the example quoted earlier, it was assumed that Siamese cats were to be considered as pets, but it is obvious that they can be regarded in many other ways as a branch of the zoological class Felidae, or as originating in a particular part of the world, to name but two approaches.

» guardería para gatoscattery .

Example: In my youth, my mother kept a cattery of sort because we had about 18 adopted stray cats, each lovingly cared for.

» haber gato encerradosmell + a ratsmell + fishysound + fishy .

Example: 'Something doesn't seem right, and I don't know exactly what it is, but I kind of smell a rat,' Cooper said = "Algo parece que no está bien, y no sé exactamente qué es, pero yo como que tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja", dijo Cooper.

Example: Something smells fishy alright but I'm starting to think it's the smell of plans gone seriously awry.

Example: It sounds fishy to me -- I would steer clear of this and use your $850 to invest in a mutual fund.

» juego del gato y el ratóncat and mouse gamegame of cat and mouse .

Example: The military and protesters played a cat and mouse game yesterday as security measures were stepped up.

Example: Another year and another game of cat and mouse with my car insurer to get a decent price for renewing my policy.

» juego del ratón y el gatocat and mouse gamegame of cat and mouse .

Example: The military and protesters played a cat and mouse game yesterday as security measures were stepped up.

Example: Another year and another game of cat and mouse with my car insurer to get a decent price for renewing my policy.

» llevarse como el perro y el gatobe at each other's throatsbe at one another's throats .

Example: What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats.

Example: But as tension mounts, the president and prime minister are at one another's throats.

» llevarse el gato al aguasteal + the showsteal + the limelight [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto]the nod + go tosteal + Posesivo + thundersteal + Posesivo + scenesteal + the spotlight [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto]win + the daycome out on + topcarry + the dayget + the upper handcome out + topstake + the crown .

Example: The article is entitled 'Did Paris Steal the Show for American Library Innovations?'.

Example: Little in general is said about the retrieval side of the systems: document analysis has stolen the limelight.

Example: In a tie, the data suggests the nod would go to search engines = En igualdad de condiciones, los datos nos dan a entender que serían los buscadores los que ganarían el pulso, en última instancia.

Example: She said some of the most hurtful things a person could say and it was all because she was afraid I was going to steal her thunder.

Example: But once again her little sister, famous as Kate if not more, is stealing her scene.

Example: It is her big screen debut tonight, so Katy Perry would have wanted to ensure nobody stole the spotlight.

Example: All argument in favour of the change was rejected by the library users and local esteem for the library won the day.

Example: The real story here is that no matter which format ultimately comes out on top, the battle will be long and protracted, with both formats existing side by side for some time.

Example: Elections have come and gone, and as it has been in the past, tribalism carried the day.

Example: Can we get the upper hand on viral diseases in aquaculture of Atlantic salmon?.

Example: The University of Toronto has come out tops in Canada for graduate employability for the third straight year.

Example: If there is one place that takes the crown for being the best holiday destination in the world, then it is definitely going to be Europe for sure.

» ojos de gatocat's eyes .

Example: The idea was so successful that it is now difficult to come across a major road in the United Kingdom that does not have cat's eyes on it.

» oler a gato encerradosmell + a ratsmell + fishysound + fishy .

Example: 'Something doesn't seem right, and I don't know exactly what it is, but I kind of smell a rat,' Cooper said = "Algo parece que no está bien, y no sé exactamente qué es, pero yo como que tengo la mosca detrás de la oreja", dijo Cooper.

Example: Something smells fishy alright but I'm starting to think it's the smell of plans gone seriously awry.

Example: It sounds fishy to me -- I would steer clear of this and use your $850 to invest in a mutual fund.

» ponerle el cascabel al gatostick out + Posesivo + neck (for) [También usado en el orden stick + Posesivo + neck out (for)] .

Example: But commercial businesses do this all the time: somebody sticks a neck out, and gets promoted or loses neck depending on results.

» por un gato que maté, matagatos me llamarongive a dog a bad name (and hang it) .

Example: If ever there was a case of give a dog a bad name and hang it, this is it.

» residencia para gatoscattery .

Example: In my youth, my mother kept a cattery of sort because we had about 18 adopted stray cats, each lovingly cared for.

» subirse a gatasclamber .

Example: Earlier, police were spotted clambering over rooftops looking for a man who had allegedly abandoned a stolen car and was breaking off TV antennas.

» trepar a gatasclamber .

Example: Earlier, police were spotted clambering over rooftops looking for a man who had allegedly abandoned a stolen car and was breaking off TV antennas.

» uña de gatocat's claw [Planta] .

Example: Compounds found in cat's claw may also work to kill viruses, bacteria, and other microorganisms that cause disease.
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