A law-abiding man – hombre de orden
An order of food – una orden de comida
Alphabetical order – orden alfabético
A common place occurrence – estar a la orden del día
An order (books, etc.)- un pedido de + noun
At your command or service – a sus órdenes
Get your life in order – poner su vida read more

De ninguna manguera como dijo el bombero – This expression means, No way! It literally translates as “No hose said the fireman” It is mocking the real expression, “De ninguna manera” or “No way” and expresses negation.
Nadie en su sano juico lo haría – nobody in their right mind would do it.
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Expressions
A Dios rogando con mazo dando – Praise the load and pass the ammunition
Desnudar un santo para vestir otro – To rob Peter to pay Paul
Quien madruga, Dios lo ayuda – the early bird catches the worm
¡Dios guarde! – God forbid!
Dios aprieta read more

Alter boy – monagillo
Altar – el altar
Athiest – el ateo
Baptist – Bautista
Baptism – el bautismo
Bible – la Biblia
Protestant – Protestante
Cathedral – la Catedral
Catholic – Católico
Cristian – Cristiano
Church – La iglesia
Communion read more

This concludes my series of articles about using the caja. The vocabulary below will assist non- Spanish speakers (angloparlantes) with Costa Rica’s medical maze.

Ankle – el tobillo
Appendix – el apéndice
Arm – el brazo
Anus – el ano
Back – la espalda
Breast – el seno
Bone – hueso
Butt – read more