busted flush | Idiomator

Meaning: (UK,poker)A potentialflushwhich ultimately was notfilled.I thought I'd draw another spade, but I ended up with abusted flush.; (UK,idiomatic)Anything which ends upworthlessdespite greatpotential.2004May 2,Andrew Rawnsley, “Mission not accomplished”, inGuardian online, UK, retrieved14 October 2012:If this [Tony Blair] is such an utterlybusted flushof a leader, why are so many Tories and their outriders so keen to have this Prime Minister gone before he can fight another election?2021May 19, Paul Clifton asks Mick Cash, “I am retiring on my own terms”, inRAIL, number931, page49:"In November last year, at the annual conference, a decision went against me and I took the view that I couldn't carry on. I was abusted flushas the General Secretary, and in a position where I did not have the support of everyone, so it was best that I moved on.

Examples:

EN: A busted flush.
ES: No es escalera.
EN: I'm just a busted flush.
ES: Soy un caso perdido.
EN: We busted flush.
ES: Esto no hay quien lo abra.
EN: -I won you back with a busted flush.
ES: Te gané en una partida.
EN: He folded like a busted flush.
ES: Se rindió, como un perdedor.
EN: Ralph is a busted flush.
ES: Ralph es un fracasado.
EN: Stick, twist, busted flush?
ES: Pierna, Full, Escalera?
EN: The Provos are a busted flush.
ES: Los provos son unos perdedores.
EN: Capitalism will be revealed as a busted flush.
ES: El capitalismo se dará a conocer como una escalera rota.
EN: Two pair, busted flush, pair of Jacks.
ES: Dos parejas, color sin juego, pareja de Jotas.
EN: We were a busted flush by then and we didn't have a six-month-old baby.
ES: Ya estaba acabado por entonces, no teníamos un bebé de seis meses.
EN: I'm not. But if Gerry goes guarantor on you and you're a busted flush, you know what's going to happen Elmo.
ES: Pero si Gerry te hace de garantía... y se descubre que es un farol... ya sabes lo que ocurrirá, Elmo.
EN: Britain is nothing more than a bank, or a boutique, or a busted flush, but looking at that staggering collection back there...
ES: Gran Bretaña no es más que un banco, o una boutique o una escalera rota, pero viendo que el escalonamiento colección de allí ...
EN: You're a fuckin' busted flush, Nidge. You know what I mean?
ES: Eres un puto condenado con fortuna, Nidge. ¿Sabes a lo que me refiero?
EN: You're saving me from a busted flush, but I'll lose my seat!
ES: Me estás salvando de una escalera incompleta, ¡pero perderé mi sitio!

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