Boca de culo de gallina – a small mouth (vulgar)
Bola de billar – bald
Bola de manteca – a ball of fat (heavy person)
Cabeza de huevo – egghead
Caer en oidos sordos – to fall on deaf ears
Cabeza de pollo – dumb
Casperín – like Casper the ghost (a very white person)
Cejas de perico – thick read more

A tomar porque el mundo se va acabar – Let’s drink because life is short
Toma – a wall socket
Toma – a take when filming a movie
Toma y daca – give and take
Tomador – a drinker
Tomar – to drink. Beber is also used
Tomar a la ligera – to take something lightly
Tomar a mal –mto offend
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Arañar la superficie – to scratch the surface
Bocón – a big mouthed person
Buen conversador – a good talker
Cotorra – a chatterbox
Cotorrear – to jabber away
Dos palabras – a short conversation
Tener mucha labia – to be a good talker
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Alcalde: mayor
Alcaldesa:  female mayor
Aprobación:  approval
Apoyo:  support
Aprobar:  to approve
Cabildear:  to lobby
Cabildeo:  lobbying
Cabildero:  lobbyist
Congreso: congress
Conservador:  conservative
Debate:  a debate
Debatir:  to debate
Derechista:  rightist
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Algo huele mal – something smells fishy. Hay un gato encerrado or me da mal espina – are similar expressions
Andar de pesca – to go be fishing
Ballena – a fat person
Camarón – literally means a shrimp but is used for an odd job in Costa Rica
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