Big Black Or Blue

...do you know what I would do if I were Sir Charles?.. I would get a big stick to beat you black and blue, and then lock you up on bread and water for a week. (B. Shaw, ‘An Unsocial Socialist’, ch. XIV) —...знаете, что я сделала бы с вами, если бы была на месте сэра Чарльза?.. Я взяла бы большую палку, выбила из вас всю дурь и посадила на хлеб и воду на неделю.

If you don't take off right now and go, I'll beat the living hell out of you. (J. Jones, ‘The Thin Red Line’, ch. II) — Если ты сейчас же не уберёшься отсюда, то я тебе все кости пересчитаю.

• política de palo y zanahoria — carrot and stick policy

palo de amasar — Arg, Uru rolling pin

• dar o pegar un palo a algn — (=golpear) to hit sb with a stick; * (=timar) to rip sb off *

los críticos le dieron un palo a la obra — the critics slated the play *

vaya palo me pegaron en ese restaurante — they really ripped me off in that restaurant *

ni a palos * —

ni a palos va a aprender la lección — there's no way he's going to learn the lesson *

ni a palos me voy yo de aquí dejándote sola — wild horses wouldn't make me go off and leave you on your own, there's no way I would go off and leave you on your own *

es un palo que te bajen el sueldo — it's a real bummer ** o nightmare * that they're cutting your salary

¡qué palo si suspendo! — it'll be a real bummer ** o nightmare * if I fail!

• dar palo, me daría palo que se enterase — I would hate it if he found out

• llevarse un palo, nos llevamos un palo muy gordo cuando descubrimos la verdad — it was a real blow when we found out the truth

no pasa un día a palo seco — Ven he never goes a single day without a drink

palo del triunfo — trump suit, trumps pl

palo de hule — CAm rubber tree

palo grueso — big shot *

echar un palo — to have a screw ***

cayó un palo de agua — the rain came pouring down, there was a huge downpour *

(flaco) como un palo — (fam) as thin as a rake o rail

más tieso que un palo — as stiff as a board

de tal palo, tal astilla — a chip off the old block, like father like son (o like mother like daughter etc)

a palo seco — (fam)

no está el palo para cucharas — (Col fam) the time isn't right

lo molieron a palos — they beat him till he was black and blue

dar palos de ciego — ( al pelear) to lash o strike out blindly; ( al resolver un problema) to grope in the dark

ni a palo(s) — (AmS) no way

palos porque bogas, palos porque no bogas — you can't win

darle or pegarle un palo a alguien — to rip somebody off (colloq)

(flaco) como un palo — (fam) as thin as a rake o rail

más tieso que un palo — as stiff as a board

de tal palo, tal astilla — a chip off the old block, like father like son (o like mother like daughter etc)

a palo seco — (fam)

no está el palo para cucharas — (Col fam) the time isn't right

lo molieron a palos — they beat him till he was black and blue

dar palos de ciego — ( al pelear) to lash o strike out blindly; ( al resolver un problema) to grope in the dark

ni a palo(s) — (AmS) no way

palos porque bogas, palos porque no bogas — you can't win

darle or pegarle un palo a alguien — to rip somebody off (colloq)

Ex: The ball pelts, which were usually sheepskin, were fixed to the handles with nails which were only lightly knocked in, and were removed after the day's work (and often during the midday break as well).

apoya la cabeza en mi hombro — rest o lean your head on my shoulder

no apoyes los codos en la mesa — don't put o lean your elbows on the table

apóyalo contra la pared — lean o rest it against the wall

nadie la apoyó en su iniciativa — no one backed o supported her initiative

apóyalo contra la pared — lean o rest it against the wall

nadie la apoyó en su iniciativa — no one backed o supported her initiative

Ex: Co-operative, carefully planned and financed internationally backed efforts have been the keynote of more recent activity.

respaldado por la experiencia — backed by o with the backing of experience

respaldado por la experiencia — backed by o with the backing of experience

Ex: Co-operative, carefully planned and financed internationally backed efforts have been the keynote of more recent activity.

¿cuándo tienes que devolver esos libros? — when do you have to take back o return those books?

leyó la nota y se la devolvió — she read the note and handed o gave it back to him

si nos devuelve el envase le descontamos 50 céntimos — if you bring back o return the container you'll get a 50-cent discount

si a su hijo no le gusta lo puede devolver — if your son doesn't like it you can return it o bring it back

si desea devolverlo, usted se hace cargo de los gastos del envío — if you choose to send it back o return it you have to pay the postage

si no está satisfecho con la compra le devolvemos su dinero — if you are not satisfied with your purchase we will refund your money o give you your money back

¿cuándo me vas a devolver el dinero que te presté? — when are you going to pay me back o give me back the money I lent you?

¿cuándo me vais a devolver la visita? — when are you going to pay a return visit o to return the visit?

Ex: For example, when documents on hold are returned, their document number are placed in the held-document-available queue.

Ex: The word ' puke' is sometimes considered offensive.

calculé a ojo (de buen cubero) cuántas personas había — I roughly calculated o made a rough guess at how many people were there

ojo a la funerala * —

ojo a la virulé * —

ojo a la pava — * shiner *

ojo de pez — (Fot) fish-eye lens

ojo en compota — Cono Sur * shiner *