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estar de broma: to be kidding; pull someone's leg
estar de capa caída: to be crestfallen; to be down in the dumps
estar de coña: to be kidding
estar de goma: to be hungover
estar de los nervios: to be on edge; to be very nervous
estar de mala uva: to be in a bad mood
estar de manga: to be in cahoots
estar de más: to be unnecessary, useless
estar de palique: to be at it, to talk nonstop
estar de pie: to stand (to be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position)
estar de por medio: to act as the middleman
estar de rodríguez: alternative letter-case form of estar de Rodríguez
estar dentro del armario: to be in the closet
estar en Babia: to have one's head in the clouds; be absent-minded
estar en boca de todos: to be the talk of the town
estar en cama: to be bed-ridden
estar en chinga: to be working
estar en definición: be ripped, be defined, be cut.
estar en el banco: to be on the bench (be a substitute); to wait in the wings
estar en el banco de la paciencia: to be long-suffering; to be on the sideline.
estar en el caso: to be well informed
estar en el cuento: to be in the loop; to be in the know
estar en ello: to be on it (to be actively doing something)
estar en evidencia: to be ridiculized
estar en la cresta de la ola: to be on a wave
estar en la higuera: to have one's head in the clouds
estar en la luna: to be in one's own little world
estar en la onda: to be in the loop
estar en los huesos: to be skin and bones
estar en misa y repicando: to have one's cake and eat it; to be in two places at the same time
estar en pedo: to be drunk
estar en sus días: to be in one's time of the month
estar entre Pinto y Valdemoro: in two minds, undecided; to be half gone, to be three sheets to the wind
estar entre dos aguas: to be in two minds; be on the fence
estar fuera de cuentas: to already be due (of a woman, to be expected to give birth)
estar hasta el gorro: to have had it up to here
estar hasta la coronilla: to have had it up to here
estar hasta la madre: to be full or filled; to be fed up; to be drunk
estar hasta la verga: to be full or filled; to be fed up; to have had it up to here
estar hasta las narices: to have had it up to here; to be fed up
estar hasta las pelotas: to have had it up to here; to be fed up
estar hasta los cojones: to be fed up
estar hasta los huevos: to have had it up to here; to be fed up
estar hasta los mismísimos: to have had it up to here; to be fed up
estar hasta los ovarios: to have had it up to here; to be fed up
estar hecho un cuadro: to be in a sorry state
estar hecho un flan: to be a nervous wreck; like jelly
estar hecho un manojo de nervios: be a nervous wreck
estar hecho un toro: to be strong as an ox
estar hecho unos zorros: to be utterly filthy
estar meado de perro: to be on a losing streak
estar más fresco que una lechuga: to be as cool as a cucumber
estar más fresco que una rosa: to be as cool as a cucumber; to be calm and composed
estar ojo avizor: to be on the lookout, to keep an eye out
estar para: to be up for (doing something)
estar para el arrastre: to be knackered, worn out; to be ready for the knacker's yard
estar para el tigre: to be knackered, worn out; to be ready for the knacker's yard
estar pendiente: to pay attention; to pay attention to, to keep an eye on (to watch carefully)
estar pez: to not have a clue
estar por la labor: to be up to; to feel like