at a stand

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)In a state ofconfusionoruncertainty;undecidedwhat to do next.Synonym:at a lossNow I am quiteat a stand.1622,Gervase Markham,William Sampson,The True Tragedy of Herod and Antipater with the Death of Faire Marriam‎[1], London: Matthew Rhodes, act III, scene 1:Well proceede;What,at a stand? has true loue got the power,To strike dumbe such a nimble wit?1767,Hugh Kelly,The Babler,London: J. Newberyet al.,Volume 1, No. 15, p. 67,[2]Some how or other my eye encountered with Miss Maria’s at the end of this speech; she seemed conscious, and on my observing that Mr. Wellworth was an excellent young man, she reddened excessively, and seemedat a standfor words.1847,Joel Palmer,Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains to the Mouth of the Columbia River,entry for 12 October, 1845, Reuben Gold Thwaites (ed.),Early Western TravelsVolume 30, Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark, 1906, p. 139,[3]I began for the first time to falter, and wasat a standto know what course to pursue.1956,J. I. M. Stewart(as Michael Innes),A Question of Queens(alternative titleOld Hall, New Hall), New York: Dodd, Mead, Chapter 16, p. 162,[4]He asked me,had I heard any untoward news abroad?I replied instantly that I had not.Nothing of foreigners come into the neighbourhood?This put me ratherat a stand.; (idiomatic)Notprogressing; notchanging; at astandstill; at animpasse.1603,Richard Knolles, “The Life of Mahomet, Second of that Name, Seventh King and First Emperor of the Turks”, inThe Generall Historie of the Turkes‎[5], London, page367:Debreason the other side, with cheerefull speech, and his owne valour, so encouraged his souldiors, thatScanderbegwas there notably resisted, and his fortune as it wereat a stand:1717,John Dryden(translator),Ovid’sMetamorphosesin Fifteen Books,London: Jacob Tonson, Book 15, “The Pythagorean Philosophy,” p. 521,[6]Thus are their Figures neverat a stand,But chang’d by Nature’s innovating Hand;All Things are alter’d, nothing is destroy’d,The shifted Scene for some new Show employ’d.1791(date written),Mary Wollstonecraft, “Some Instances of the Folly which the Ignorance of Women Generates; with Concluding Reflections on the Moral Improvement that a Revolution in Female Manners may Naturally be Expected to Produce”, inA Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London:[…]J[oseph]Johnson,[…], published1792,→OCLC,page442:It is, however, these exclusive affections, and an individual manner of seeing things, produced by ignorance, which keep women for everat a stand, with respect to improvement[…]1798,Thomas Malthus, chapter 2, inAn Essay on the Principle of Population‎[7], London: J. Johnson, page30:During this season of distress, the discouragements to marriage, and the difficulty of rearing a family are so great, that population isat a stand.1956,Mary Renault, chapter 25, inThe Last of the Wine‎[8], New York: Vintage, published1975, page368:The debate wasat a stand[…]

Examples:

EN: You bought me at a stand.
ES: Me compraste en un quiosco.
EN: I met kind of Simon and Jess, I think, on the same night actually, at a stand-up gig that Matt Lucas and David Walliams were doing.
ES: Conocí a Simon y Jess, creo, en la misma noche... en una reunión que Matt Lucas y David Walliams estaban haciendo.
EN: I do think we'te at a stand of hete
ES: Tenemos una posición tomada.
EN: If they're gonna charge a dollar and give you this much lemonade... I felt a little ripped off. - You knew it was kids at a stand...
ES: Quizá sabes, quizá pueda yo puedo irme.
EN: I had it done at a stand on the side of the expressway.
ES: Lo hice en un puesto al lado de la autopista.
EN: Both sides were at a stand still, Ultimately deciding to fight it out.
ES: Ambas partes estabamos en un punto muerto, en última instancia se decidió luchar.
EN: I couldn't bear for you to feel that you must forever remain at a stand just because you're married.
ES: No soportaría que sientas que debes esperar sólo porque estás casado.
EN: I was selling vegetables at a stand.
ES: Esto fue cuando yo vendía verduras.
EN: Yeah, yeah, you used to sell pelts at a stand out on route 11.
ES: ... Solías vender pieles en un puesto en la ruta 11.
EN: - You knew it was kids at a stand...
ES: - Sabías que eran niños en un puesto...
EN: 'As the 4pm deadline approaches, the nation is at a stand still 'watching the extraordinary situation play out.
ES: A medida que se acerca la hora límite de las 4 PM, la nación está paralizada... viendo el desarrollo de la insólita situación.
EN: Uh-oh. Looks like we're at a stand-off.
ES: Parece que hemos llegado a punto muerto.
EN: While the men are at a stand-off, I shall arrange for you to escape.
ES: Mientras los hombres estén en un punto muerto... arreglaré su escape.
EN: My men are at a stand-off with his.
ES: Mis hombres están en un punto muerto con esto.
EN: According to Angela, things are at a stand-off between Yanis and Wolfgang.
ES: Según Angela, las cosas están en un punto muerto entre Yanis y Wolfgang,

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