"It's full of people/it's packed"
How to do it: one or both hands are placed in front of the body then rapidly opened and closed.
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Literally: "down to two candles" in other words, "I'm totally broke"
How to do it: the index and middle fingers are passed downwards in front of the face, starting just below eye level.
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"He/she's so sluggish and lazy"
How to do it: the hands are lowered below the waist, slightly clenched and moved up and down as if to indicate a great burden.
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"Really, really, really good" (especially typically of southern Spain). "Güeno is a dialectal version of "bueno"
How to do it: the thumb and index finger form a circle, and the hand moves twice or three times in a downward motion.
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