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cut corners
Language:
Meanings:
1.
Global
informal
To do something in the quickest, easiest, or cheapest way, often by omitting steps or reducing quality.
To economize or shortcut a process at the expense of thoroughness, safety, or standards.
2.
Global
informal
To bypass rules, regulations, or normal procedures, sometimes by using improper or unethical means.
3.
Global
neutral
To take a shorter, more direct route by cutting across corners or angles (literal, spatial use).
Examples:
EN:
I've pulled strings and I've cut corners so that you and your crowd could get away with murder in this town. I'm sick of it.
ES:
He movido hilos y he tomado atajos para que tú y tu pandilla podais saliros con la vuestra en esta ciudad.
EN:
I've pulled strings and I've cut corners so that you and your crowd could get away with murder in this town. I'm sick of it.
ES:
He movido hilos y he tomado atajos para que tú y tu pandilla podais saliros con la vuestra en esta ciudad.
EN:
With a large family, you gotta cut corners.
ES:
- Seremos segadores.
EN:
All day I'm figuring how to cut corners... and all of a sudden we're riding around in cabs!
ES:
Yo me pasaba la vida intentando ahorrar y él, de repente, quería ir en taxi.
EN:
But if the president of your company is willing to cut corners and make an exception in this case, I will cancel the policy.
ES:
Pero si el presidente de su empresa está dispuesto a recortar gastos y hacer una excepción en este caso, cancelaré la póliza.
EN:
And I'm sure that mostly all companies are willing to cut corners at one time or another.
ES:
Y estoy seguro de que la mayoría de las empresas están dispuestas a hacer recortes en un momento u otro.
EN:
Especially if you're trying to cut corners.
ES:
En especial si uno anda apurado.
EN:
Don't cut corners on me.
ES:
No me venga con ahorros.
EN:
- Look, there are ways to cut corners.
ES:
- Miren, hay medios de reducir gastos.
EN:
We've got to cut corners.
ES:
Hay que reducir los gastos.
EN:
He must cut corners.
ES:
Debe cortar las esquinas.
EN:
I won't cut corners on the bonuses.
ES:
No voy a masticar bonos.
EN:
You can't cut corners.
ES:
Pero no con mercaderías baratas.
EN:
Did you encourage other subcontractors to cut corners?
ES:
¿Pediste que redujeran gastos?
EN:
They forced me to cut corners.
ES:
Me obligaron a tomar atajos.
EN:
If I make a strategic decision to cut corners, to throw the book away, that's my decision.
ES:
¡Si escojo la estrategia de tomar el camino más corto... de cambiar las reglas, es mi decisión!
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