FROM MY ENGLISH-SPANISH PHRASEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY: KEY
A golden key will open any door Dádivas quebrantan peñas
Give him some money and he will do it; remember that a golden key will open any door.
Dale un dinero y lo hará; recuerda que dádivas quebrantan peñas.
— “A golden key will open every lock.” Bem Le Hunte, There, Where the Pepper Grows, 2006. US.
Be all keyed up Estar hecho un manojo de nervios; tener los nervios de punta
I’m all keyed up today. Estoy hecho un manojo de nervios hoy.
— “… the little kids zooming around, all keyed up for Santa.” The Southern Review, vol. 54, no. 1, 2019. US.
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