Ads 468x60px

.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

cheer someone's up

Animar a alguien - Cheer someone's up, to make someone feel better. Hacer sentir bien a alguien.

Example:

Eating some chocolate will cheer you up - Comer un poco de chocolate te animará.

to rub salt in/into the wound

Echarle limón a la herida - to rub salt in/into the wound. To make a difficult situation worse for someone. Hacer que una situación difícil empeore para alguién.

Example:

After the fraud, The politician celebrating his victory rubbed salt into the wound. - Después del fraude, el político celebrando su victoria le echó limón a la herida.