Hello all!

I will soon be conducting a study on idiom usage in L1 and L2 Spanish speakers. I need to come up with 9 Spanish idioms: 5 pertaining to death, 4 relating to love. Below I have listed the ones I have so far to give you a baseline of what I have (the expressions I have listed I have heard through conversations, through formal lessons, etc.).

Love:

Amor a primera vista- Love at first sight

Sentir mariposas en el estómago- To feel butterflies in the stomach

Gustarle a alguien- To like someone

(se) Echar de menos- To miss

Death:

Cerrar los ojitos- “To close the little eyes”

Clavar el pico-”To hammer the beak”

Estirar la pata- “To kick the bucket”

In addition, if you know any native Spanish speakers who would like to participate in the study, please send them my way! I need 7-10 for the study, and it would only take them 10-15 minutes to complete. Hope to hear from you soon!