bring a knife to a gunfight

Meaning: (idiomatic)To enter into aconfrontationor otherchallengingsituation without beingadequatelyequippedorprepared.1987,David Mamet,The Untouchables‎[1]:Isn't that just like a wop?Brings a knife to a gun fight.1994,Gus Lee,China Boy‎[2],→ISBN, page310:That is why one should neverbring a knife to a gunfight, a worm should not challenge Godzilla, and a chump should never box a boxer.2006,Jeff Edwards,Torpedo‎[3],→ISBN, page xiii:[W]e can shoot down missiles. . . . Our Kingfisher sonars can detect mines. . . . Our ships are hardened against chemical and biological weapons. But how do you stop a torpedo? . . . The best engineers in the business agree that nearly every class of torpedo currently being deployed has the capacity to sink one of our ships with a single shot. . . . [W]e are the poor bastards thatbrought a knife to a gunfight.

Examples:

EN: Never bring a knife to a gunfight, mother...
ES: Nunca lleves un cuchillo a una pelea con armas...
EN: Nigga, don't bring a knife to a gunfight, my...
ES: Viejo, no uses un cuchillo en un tiroteo...
EN: Never bring a knife to a gunfight.
ES: CONSULTA GRATIS Nunca lleve cuchillo a un tiroteo.
ES: Nunca lleves un cuchillo a un tiroteo.
EN: Leave it to me to bring a knife to a gunfight.
ES: Déjame llevar un cuchillo a un tiroteo.
EN: That's what happens when you bring a knife to a gunfight.
ES: Eso es lo que sucede cuando llevas un cuchillo a un enfrentamiento con pistolas.
EN: You never bring a knife to a gunfight. Huh? James Bond?
ES: Nunca traigas un cuchillo a un tiroteo. ¿James Bond?
EN: You never bring a knife to a gunfight. Huh?
ES: Nunca lleves un cuchillo a una pelea con armas de fuego.
EN: Don't bring a knife to a gunfight.
ES: A un tiroteo no llevas un cuchillo.
ES: No lleves una navaja a un tiroteo.
EN: Unless you're dumb enough to bring a knife to a gunfight.
ES: A menos que sea lo bastante estúpido para usar un cuchillo contra un arma.
EN: They say don't bring a knife to a gunfight?
ES: ¿Dicen que no lleves una navaja a un tiroteo?
EN: You don't bring a knife to a gunfight, people.
ES: No lleven un cuchillo a un tiroteo, gente.
EN: - Never bring a knife to a gunfight.
ES: Nunca lleves un cuchillo a un tiroteo.
EN: Are you gonna literally bring a knife to a gunfight?
ES: ¿Literalmente traerás un cuchillo a un tiroteo?
EN: You can't bring a knife to a gunfight.
ES: No puedes llevar un cuchillo a un tiroteo.
EN: Didn't anybody ever tell you not to bring a knife to a gunfight?
ES: ¿Nadie te ha dicho que no uses cuchillos si te apuntan con un arma?

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