Season 1 · Episode 16
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Aang and his friends go to a Fire Nation town so that Aang can witness some firebending, but their plan soon goes awry when it’s discovered that he is the Avatar. Fortunately, he's rescued by an individual who serves a firebending master named Jeong Jeong who has abandoned the Fire Nation, so Aang decides to use this time to attempt to learn firebending. The firebending master, however, seems reluctant to teach Aang.
A fixed phrase signaling a practical recommendation or mild warning. Very common in everyday spoken Spanish. The literal words ('it is worth more') do not map to its actual use.
Beyond its standard farewell meaning, this word is used as a cue to flee or leave urgently, roughly equivalent to 'let's bolt' or 'we're out of here'. Context signals which meaning is active.
A hyperbolic fixed expression used to express intense hunger. The literal reading ('I am dying of hunger') is an exaggeration that functions as idiom in everyday speech.
Used figuratively to mean someone did nothing effective. In this show's context it refers to combat moves, but it generalizes to any failed or non-existent effort.
Refers to landing in a complicated or dangerous situation. 'Lío' means mess or trouble, and the combination is non-compositional enough that learners often miss the idiomatic sense.