To show off

De cara a la galería

To be fickle, to flip-flop

Cambiar de chaqueta o ser un chaquetero

To add fuel to the fire

Echar leña al fuego

Catch-22

El pez que se muerde la cola

Where there's a will, there's a way

Querer es poder

Easier said than done, actions speak louder than words

Del dicho al hecho, hay un trecho

By the skin of your teeth

El canto de un duro

All roads lead to Rome

Todos los caminos llevan a Roma

Everyone has their own way of doing things

Cada maestrillo tiene su librillo

To be old-fashioned

Estar chapado a la antigua

To flout

Saltarse (algo) a la torera

To be on a roll, go smoothly

Ir viento en popa

To send someone packing

Irse a tomar viento

What's done is done

A lo hecho, pecho

Period, moving right along

Punto pelota y a otra cosa, mariposa

In fits and starts

A trancas y barrancas

To give rise to

Dar pie

To cut to the chase

Ir al grano

To be climbing the walls

Subirse por las paredes

When it rains, it pours

Perro flaco, todo son pulgas

To keep on and on

Erre que erre

To be in and out

Hacer la visita del médico

Without rhyme or reason

Sin ton ni son

To backslide

Volver a las andadas

To come to nothing

Quedar en agua de borrajas

Cambiar de chaqueta o ser un chaquetero

The expression cambiar de chaqueta or ser un "chaquetero" means to hide one's true beliefs or thoughts for convinience or just to fit in an environment in which a person normally does not belong to.

A similar expression in English will be "to be fickle."

Many people change their opinion for their own convinience. Someone might change his mind according to what others say, being always in agreement with them just to fit in the group, even though he has told you privately otherwise. Or maybe you met someone who changes his mind every year about their favorite sports team, on account of the

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