• Con pelos y señales – with all of the detail. Me escribieron con pelos y señales. They wrote me with all of the details.
• Dejarle a uno en pelo – to leave someone penniless
• Escaparse por un pelo – to have a close call
• Hombre de pelo en pecho – a real man
• Montar en pelo – to ride a horse bareback
• No ceder un pelillo – to not give an inch
• No tener pelos en la lengua – to be outspoken
• No tener un pelo de tonto – to be no fool
• Por los pelos – by the skin go one’s teeth. Solís ganó la elección por los pelos/por un pelillo. Solís won by the skin of his teeth. Also por un pelo de rana, y las ranas no tienen pelo. To win by a frog’s hair and frogs don’t have hair.
• Por un pelo no es…- someone is close to being something. Por un pelo ella no es genio. She is almost a genius.
• Ser del mismo pelo – to be in the same social class
• Se me pusieron los pelos de punta – my hair stood on end. Erizársele el pelo or parársele el pelo mean the same thing
• Soltarse el pelo – to let loose or let it all hang out (figuratively)
• Tomarle el pelo a uno – to pull one’s leg. Me tomaron el pelo. They pulled my leg (figuratively)
• Venir al pelo – to be just right , to be exactly what one needs. Also exactamente lo que el médico me recetó. Just what the doctor ordered.

Tiquismos of the week:

• Parársele la peluca – to get bent out of shape or upset. A José se le paró la peluca al recibir la mala noticia. Upon hearing the bad news Joe got upset.
• Pelillo de gato – drizzle The correct Spanish word is llovizna.
• Cuando la rana echa pelo – when a frog sprouts hair or never