bottom-line | Idiomator

Meaning: (informal,idiomatic,transitive)Tosetaminimumacceptablerule,boundary, orconditionfor (someone).1987,Engage/Social Action‎[1], volume15, page33:Thanks to Kim, her husband is also living a sober, productive life. When he came to visit her at the hospital one day, she "bottom-lined" him.2010, Bree Maresca-Kramer,It's That Simple!, A Man's Book on Relationships, Life, Ourselves and the Healing of It All, page134:The most common mistake a man makes when initiating sex with his woman is "bottom-lining" it. Now, this approach may be good for you in your life, your work, and the way you best communicate. However, when it comes to sex with your woman, you will need to throw this approach out the window.2013, Robert C. Kelly,A Boy Walks Into a Bar, page122:And in the next breath he said, "And what are you going to do about it?" He "bottom lined" me with those words. I put the cork in the bottle, and this time, I approached sobriety differently.2016, Madelon Smid,High Risk:If, as you say, your Rik has safeguarded Chinese orphans in the streets, put friends through school, he doesn't sound like a man who walks away. He's a sticker. He isn't finished with something until hebottom linesit.2020, Barbour Staff (compiler),Daily Wisdom for Women, page24:In today's verse, we're given the secret to living a life marked by wisdom and blessed by prosperity. David doesn't mince words. Hebottom-lines it. And his hope is to take the guesswork out of living right with God.2023, Sinclair Jayne,Marry Me Please, Cowboy:"Barn could work if you have a light source or a sunroom off your back porch, " he added hopefully. "What are you thinking?" Huckbottom-linedhim.; (informal,idiomatic,transitive)Toprovideasummaryor theresult; toprovidethe mostimportantorrelevantinformation.2012, David Abrams,Fobbit, A Novel:Anyway,bottom liningit: Sunnis and other extremists are targeting and killing civilians along with Iraqi Security Forces.2014, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations,The First One Thousand Days, Development Aid Programs to Bolster Health and Nutrition : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, Second Session, March 25, 2014, page15:And then hebottom linesand says the tragedies of the great majority of these deaths can be readily prevented at low cost.

Examples:

EN: Bottom line? You're a bottom-line man.
ES: Es usted un hombre de conclusiones.
EN: Joe Blow Salvage Smack, he offers bottom-line price.
ES: Joe golpe de salvamento, ofrece un precio final.
EN: Okay, I'm gonna bottom-line it.
ES: Bien, voy a resumir.
EN: The bottom-line question is "Did Picasso paint it?"
ES: La pregunta es: "¿Lo pintó Picasso?".
EN: David, David, David, David, bottom-line this for me, all right?
ES: ¿Por qué intentabas meter ese tanque en un espacio tan pequeño?
EN: –The bottom-line?
ES: - ¿La línea de abajo?
EN: –The bottom-line.
ES: - La línea de abajo.
EN: A bottom-line man, I like that.
ES: Directo al grano. Me gusta eso.
EN: So it'll take me a day or two, and I will have bottom-line answers for you.
ES: Tardaré uno o dos días y le daré respuestas definitivas.
EN: Very good. All right, moose, just bottom-line this for me.
ES: Bien, aclárame esto.
EN: OK, can you bottom-line this?
ES: ¿Puedes ir al grano?
EN: Let's bottom-line this, huh? What's it gonna take?
ES: ¿Qué hace falta que haga?
EN: Okay, spare me the tough-love rationalization, just bottom-line it, please.
ES: Bueno, ahórreme el raciocinio, sea directo, por favor.
EN: Or was it a matter for the absentee land-owning gentry, whose estates were being run by hard-nosed men with an eye to bottom-line profit?
ES: ¿O era una cuestión para los terratenientes ausentes, cuyas haciendas eran dirigidas por hombres inflexibles con los ojos puestos sólo en la obtención de beneficios?
EN: Listen, could somebody bottom-line this for me?
ES: Escuchen... ¿podría alguien resumírmelo?

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