dole out | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,transitive)Todistributein apportioned amounts.2008July 15,w:Matthew Yglesias, “Obama's Elitism Problem, Continued”, inThe Atlantic‎[1]:The McCains, by contrast,dole outsuch homespun wisdom as "in Arizona, the only way to get around the state is by small private plane" and understand that in this crazy modern world where the typical family owns eleven homes and spends hundreds of thousands of dollars per year on household staff, you can't possibly expect transportation alternatives to gain popularity.2009January 25, Frank Rich, “No Time for Poetry”, inNew York Times‎[2]:Only then did we learn that hedoled outbillions in secret, last-minute bonuses to his staff last month, just before Bank of America took over and just before the government ponied up a second bailout to cover Merrill’s unexpected $15 billion fourth-quarter loss.2012May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, inThe Onion AV Club‎[3]:The animators, writers and Gilbert do a fantastic job of making Laura an eminently crush-worthy figure of adolescent yearning but the episodedoles outscenes of her and Bart together sparingly.

Examples:

EN: You dole out miserably! Only a beggar knows how to feed a beggar.
ES: ¡Solo un mendigo sabe cómo hacer el bien a otros mendigos!
EN: I should stand behind a cage and dole out dollar bills.
ES: Repartiendo pasta tras unos barrotes...
EN: I'll take over the works and dole out the crumbs to you.
ES: Estás loco McCoy. Te ofrezco un año de vacaciones pagadas con el dinero del contribuyente.
EN: That's what Gooper'll dole out to you when they freeze you out.
ES: Gooper no te va a permitir más cuando te aparte de la herencia.
EN: Condemn immorality dole out absolutions for mea-culpas.
ES: Censuraba su desenfreno Daba absoluciones a cambio de mea-culpas.
EN: Darling, a plot to dole out is surely not in Spain's Square!
ES: Es un terreno a parcelar.
EN: Nevertheless, he did dole out coins.
ES: Aún así, aportará las monedas.
EN: Don't you think I find it humiliating the way you dole out your money to me?
ES: ¿No crees que tu forma de darme el dinero, gota a gota, es humillante?
EN: We condemn to death without emotion and there's no singular, personal death to be had only an anonymous, cheapened death which we could dole out to entire nations on a mathematical basis until the time comes for all life to be extinguished.
ES: Condenamos a muerte sin emoción. Y no hay muertes personales y singulares sólo una muerte anónima y devaluada que podríamos dar a naciones enteras de forma matemática hasta que llegue la hora en que se acaben todas las formas de vida.
EN: And you couldn't come up with all the cash he wanted without Kosterman asking questions... so you decided to dole out the jewelry.
ES: No pudo conseguir el dinero que quería... sin que Kosterman hiciera preguntas, así que decidió darle las joyas.
EN: We don't have anybody to dole out water during the day.
ES: No hay quien nos de agua durante el día
EN: Once you shed blood and dole out cruelty, it's hard to stop.
ES: Una vez que viertes sangre y ejerces la crueldad, es difícil parar.
EN: When I was a sportswoman on the East German Olympic track-and-field team they dispended anabolic steroids as freely as here in America they dole out Gatorade.
ES: Cuando era atleta del equipo olímpico de Alemania Oriental... tomábamos esteroides anabólicos tan libremente... como aquí se toma limonada.
EN: 'The real surprise here is they pay you to dole out this balloon juice.'
ES: La única sorpresa aquí es que le paguen por esos consejos.
EN: and that we should dole out as much as possible before we're old and ugly and nobody wants to touch us anymore.
ES: y que deberíamos repartir tanto como sea posible Antes de que seamos viejos y feos y ya nadie quiera tocarnos.

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