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Six idioms for a bad day

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.