pasar el corte

corte de carretera — [para obras, accidente] road closure; [como protesta] roadblock

corte (de helado) — wafer, ice cream sandwich (EEUU)

dale un buen corte y no te molestará más — tell him where to go and he won't bother you any more *

corte de mangas — rude gesture made with the arm and hand which is the equivalent of giving the V-sign or, in the US, the finger

le hizo un corte de mangas a los fotógrafos — he made a o the V-sign at the photographers, he gave two fingers to the photographers, he gave the photographers the finger (EEUU)

no deja de hacerme la corte a ver si le presto dinero — he keeps licking my boots o sucking up to me so that I'll lend him some money

un corte en el suministro eléctrico — (frml) a power cut

darle un corte a alguien — to break o split up with somebody

un traje de buen corte — a well-made o well-cut suit

menudo corte! — what a put-down! (colloq)

darse corte — (RPl fam) to show off

hacerle la corte a alguien — ( cortejar) (ant) to woo somebody (dated or liter)

un corte en el suministro eléctrico — (frml) a power cut

darle un corte a alguien — to break o split up with somebody

un traje de buen corte — a well-made o well-cut suit

menudo corte! — what a put-down! (colloq)

darse corte — (RPl fam) to show off

hacerle la corte a alguien — ( cortejar) (ant) to woo somebody (dated or liter)

Ex: Examples can be found where exchange of publications remains as the only form of contact after severance of diplomatic and trade relations.

Ex: The ARPAnet was an experimental network designed to support military research -- in particular, research about how to build networks that could withstand partial outages (like bomb attacks) and still function.

Ex: The protagonist experiences a jarring descent from the heights of literary distinction at court to the coarseness of common experience.

quedar(se) limpio — * to be cleaned out *

pasar o poner algo en limpio — to make a fair o neat o clean copy of sth

limpio de algo — de impurezas/polvo free of something

sacar en limpio: no pude sacar nada en limpio de todo lo que dijo I couldn't make sense of anything he said; lo único que saqué en limpio es que... — the only thing that I got clear was that...

me dejaron limpio — they cleaned me out (colloq)

limpio de algo — de impurezas/polvo free of something

sacar en limpio: no pude sacar nada en limpio de todo lo que dijo I couldn't make sense of anything he said; lo único que saqué en limpio es que... — the only thing that I got clear was that...

me dejaron limpio — they cleaned me out (colloq)

Ex: Perhaps it is obvious that guiding must also be accurate, clean and tidy.

¡vaya manera de tratar a tu abuela, qué vergüenza! — what a way to treat your grandmother, you should be ashamed o shame on you!

sacar a algn a la vergüenza — ††(lit) to make a public display of sb; (fig) to hold sb up to shame

es una vergüenza que esté tan sucio — it's a disgrace o it's disgraceful that it should be so dirty

con las vergüenzas al aire — fully exposed hum

¿perdiste otra vez? qué vergüenza! — (hum) you mean you lost again? shame on you!

¿perdiste otra vez? qué vergüenza! — (hum) you mean you lost again? shame on you!

Ex: It has been to the continuing shame of the library field that his efforts toward eliminating the price-fixing of children's books have received such little note and appreciation.

to be a cut above somebody/something — (colloq)

to cut it fine — (colloq) calcular muy justo, dejar poco margen

I cut my finger — me corté el dedo; see also short II 1)

to cut somebody dead — dejar a alguien con el saludo en la boca

to cut INTO something: the rope cut into her wrists la cuerda le estaba cortando or lastimando las muñecas; to cut loose (colloq) ( break free) romper* las ataduras; ( lose restraint) (esp AmE): he cut loose with a string of insults — soltó una sarta de insultos

her remarks cut deep — sus palabras lo (or la etc) hirieron en lo más vivo

he had a cut on his chin from shaving — se había hecho un corte or se había cortado en la barbilla al afeitarse

public spending cuts — cortes mpl presupuestarios

wage cuts — rebajas fpl de sueldo

• to cut one's finger — cortarse el dedo

• to cut sb free — (from wreckage) liberar a algn; (when tied up) desatar or soltar a algn

• to cut sth in half — cortar algo por la mitad

• to cut sth open — [+ fruit, vegetable, body, package] abrir algo

• to cut sth (in)to pieces — cortar algo en pedazos

• to cut sth to size — cortar algo a la medida

• to cut sb's throat — degollar a algn

he is cutting his own throat — (fig) labra su propia ruina

• to cut sth in two — cortar or partir algo en dos

she cut two seconds off the record — mejoró or rebajó la plusmarca en dos segundos

• to cut sth/sb short — interrumpir algo/a algn

• to cut classes — hacer novillos *, ausentarse de clase

• to cut sb dead — negar el saludo or (LAm) cortar a algn

cut all this soft-soaping and tell me what you want * — deja ya de darme coba y dime qué quieres *

• she cut into the melon — cortó el melón

cut and blow-dry N — corte m y secado con secador

to be a cut above somebody/something — (colloq)

to cut it fine — (colloq) calcular muy justo, dejar poco margen

I cut my finger — me corté el dedo; see also short II 1)

to cut somebody dead — dejar a alguien con el saludo en la boca

to cut INTO something: the rope cut into her wrists la cuerda le estaba cortando or lastimando las muñecas; to cut loose (colloq) ( break free) romper* las ataduras; ( lose restraint) (esp AmE): he cut loose with a string of insults — soltó una sarta de insultos

her remarks cut deep — sus palabras lo (or la etc) hirieron en lo más vivo