catch flies | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To have one'smouthwide openfor a prolonged period.You'd better close your mouth; are you trying tocatch flies?; (theater,informal)Of an actor: to distract the audience by moving or gesturing when the focus should be elsewhere.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seecatch,‎fly.

Examples:

EN: "The eagle does not catch flies.
ES: "El águila no atrapa a las moscas.
EN: Baseball players catch flies.
ES: Cazar al vuelo es en el baseball.
EN: You cannot catch flies with vinegar.
ES: No se cazan moscas con vinagre.
EN: He seems possessed to catch flies.
ES: Tiene obsesión por cazar moscas.
EN: Shut your mouth, you won't catch flies.
ES: En las magdalenas puedes cazar moscas.
EN: Russell, you'd better go hose off... or you're gonna catch flies.
ES: Russel, es mejor que te marches o terminarás cazando moscas.
EN: *You can't catch flies with vinegar. On n'attrape pas les mouches avec le vinaigre.
ES: - No se atrapan moscas con vinagre.
EN: Mr. Eheres says we have to catch flies out in the field.
ES: El Sr. Eheres dijo que teníamos que atrapar moscas en el campo.
EN: Boko couldn't fathom why anyone would want to catch flies!
ES: Y 'Boko' contestó que no conocía a ese tal 'mosca'.
EN: "You don't catch flies with vinegar."
ES: "No se cazan moscas con vinagre."
EN: What you want me to do? Sit at home and catch flies?
ES: ¿Qué quieres que haga, que cace moscas?
EN: Looks to me like we're still trying to catch flies with chopsticks.
ES: Me parece que no logramos pruebas concluyentes.
EN: This Pasquale- he can catch flies in midair with those reflexes.
ES: Ese es Pasquale, cogería moscas al vuelo con esos reflejos.
EN: You want to catch flies with it.
ES: Quieres cazar moscas con él.
EN: As if I couldn't catch flies.
ES: Como si no pudiera atrapar moscas.

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