Idioms rarely translate word for word, but the pictures they paint stick. Six for when things go wrong:

Idiom	Literally	Meaning
meter la pata	to put your paw in	to put your foot in it, to mess up
pagar el pato	to pay for the duck	to take the blame for someone else
hacer el ridículo	to do the ridiculous	to make a fool of yourself
tragar quina	to swallow quinine	to grin and bear it
tirar la toalla	to throw in the towel	to give up
estar hasta las narices	to be up to your nostrils	to be fed up

Quinine was a famously bitter medicine — hence tragar quina. Estar hasta las narices de + thing: Estoy hasta las narices de este ruido. — I'm fed up with this noise.