avanzar poco a poco

Ex: The unemployment rate is edging toward 15 percent.

Ex: So I say, we're just a bunch of poor, old, Midwestern pig farmers shuffling along trying to do what we can = Por eso digo que somos tan sólo un puñado de criadores de cerdos, viejos y pobres, de la región central de los Estados Unidos que vamos tirando como podemos.

el ejército avanzó de madrugada — the army advanced o moved forward at dawn

estudio mucho pero no avanzo — I work hard but I don't make any progress o headway

las conversaciones de paz no parecen avanzar — the peace talks do not seem to be progressing o making (any) progress

la genética avanza a ritmo vertiginoso — genetics is progressing o advancing at a dizzy speed

avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

Ex: Standardisation of formats is less developed; however UNIMARC is gaining ground as a national exchange format, whilst USMARC is also used by university and public libraries.

two inches of rain — dos pulgadas or (fam) cuatro dedos de lluvia

I was within an inch of getting that job — estuve a un paso or en un tris de que me dieran el trabajo

she wouldn't budge o give an inch — no cedió ni un ápice

give them an inch and they'll take a mile — les das la mano y te toman or (esp Esp) te cogen el brazo

to inch forward — avanzar* lentamente or paso a paso

to inch one's way — avanzar* lentamente

• the car missed me by inches — faltó poco para que me atropellara el coche

• we searched every inch of the room — registramos todos los rincones del cuarto

• he didn't give an inch — no hizo la menor concesión

• to lose a few inches * — adelgazar un poco

• to be within an inch of death/disaster — estar a dos dedos de la muerte/del desastre

inch tape N — cinta f en pulgadas (para medir)

two inches of rain — dos pulgadas or (fam) cuatro dedos de lluvia

I was within an inch of getting that job — estuve a un paso or en un tris de que me dieran el trabajo

she wouldn't budge o give an inch — no cedió ni un ápice

give them an inch and they'll take a mile — les das la mano y te toman or (esp Esp) te cogen el brazo

to inch forward — avanzar* lentamente or paso a paso

to inch one's way — avanzar* lentamente

not to look/see beyond the end of one's nose — no ver* más allá de sus (or mis etc) narices

(right) under somebody's nose — (colloq)

it was right under my nose all the time — lo tenía delante de las narices (fam)

he stole it from under our very noses — se lo robó en nuestras propias narices (fam)

to cut off one's nose to spite one's face — tirar piedras al or contra el propio tejado

to follow one's nose — ( go straight on) seguir* derecho or todo recto; ( act intuitively) dejarse guiar por la intuición

to get up somebody's nose — (BrE colloq)

that's the sort of thing that gets right up my nose — ése es el tipo de cosa que me enferma or me revienta (fam)

to keep one's nose clean — (colloq) no meterse en líos (fam)

to keep one's nose out of something — no meter las narices en algo (fam), no meterse en algo

to keep one's nose to the grindstone — trabajar duro, darle* al callo (Esp fam)

to lead somebody by the nose — tener* a alguien agarrado por las narices, manejar a alguien a su (or mi etc) antojo

to look down one's nose at somebody — mirar a alguien por encima del hombro

he looked down his nose at the idea — la idea le pareció tonta (or ridícula etc)

to pay through the nose — (colloq) pagar* un ojo de la cara or un riñón (fam)

to poke o stick one's nose in — (colloq) meter las narices en algo (fam)

to put somebody's nose out of joint — (colloq) hacer* que alguien se moleste or se ofenda

to rub somebody's nose in something — (colloq) restregarle* or refregarle* algo a alguien por las narices (fam)

to turn one's nose up at something/somebody — (colloq) despreciar algo/a alguien; (before n)

nose drops — gotas fpl nasales

to nose around o about in something — husmear or fisgonear en algo

• his nose was bleeding — le sangraba la nariz, le salía sangre de la nariz

• to have one's nose in a book — estar enfrascado en un libro

• to hold one's nose — (lit) taparse la nariz

• to talk or speak through one's nose — ganguear, hablar con voz gangosa

she paid through the nose (for it) — le costó un ojo de la cara *, pagó un dineral (por ello) *

to make sb pay through the nose — hacer pagar a algn un dineral *

who asked you to poke your nose in? — ¿quién te manda meter las narices * or meterte en esto?

he's always poking his nose (in) where it's not wanted — siempre está metiendo las narices or metiéndose en lo que no le incumbe *

under sb's nose: it's right under your nose — lo tienes delante de las narices *

she did it under his very nose or right under his nose — lo hizo delante de sus narices

to win by a nose — [horse] ganar por una nariz; (fig) ganar por los pelos

nose cone N — [of missile] ojiva f; [of racing car] cabeza f separable

nose drops NPL — gotas fpl para la nariz

nose job * N —

nose ring N — [of animal] argolla f (en el hocico); [of person] pendiente m en la nariz

nose stud N — piercing m de or en la nariz