fire-breathing | Idiomator

Meaning: (of a fabled animal,such as a dragon)Thatexpelsfirefrom themouthandnostrils.afire-breathingdragon1632,Robert Burton,The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Henry Cryps, page548:Medeafor the loue ofIaſon, taught him how to tame thefire breathingbraſſ feeted Bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece[.]1961,Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, inThe Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page42:No man could shake a finger at Beowulf. All the days of his life he had sought the path of right, escaped traps, killed foes, and ruled fairly. Now it was time for him to stand up to thefire-breathingworm.; (literary)Thatemitsorbelchesforth fire.1706, Charles Johnson,Ramelies: A Poem, London: Ben Bragg, page 8:The deadlyfire-breathingCannon roar,Sending destructive Heralds thro' the Field.; (idiomatic)caustic,vitriolicorscathing.afire-breathingrant

Examples:

EN: And their mortal enemies, those horrible fire-breathing dragons that daily terrorize the countryside.
ES: Y sus mortales enemigos, los dragones escupe-fuegos que aterrorizaban la región.
EN: Why did you let the Regiment of Bernburg approach the fire-breathing walls of the cemetery, where they broke down?
ES: ¿Por qué permitiste que el Bernburg... se acercara a los ardientes muros del cementerio, donde se derrumbó?
EN: Of a fire-breathing dragon, Good old sun.
ES: - De un dragón que respira fuego... - ¡Bueno viejo sol!
EN: The ferocious Allosaurus, the gentle and dumb Brontosaurus, the fire-breathing Godzilla.
ES: El feroz alosaurio, el tranquilo y torpe brontosaurio, el Godzilla que escupía fuego.
EN: I'm the fire-breathing dragon from Happily Ever After Land.
ES: Soy el dragón que echa fuego de la tierra de Felices para siempre.
EN: # A green and seething fire-breathing monster is in sight #
ES: que echa fuego.
EN: Well, he killed a hideous fire-breathing old dragon, didn't he?
ES: Mató a un horrible dragón.
EN: Or from the fire-breathing fellow who found Tabasco in his mouthwash.
ES: O del hombre con aliento de dragón que encontró Tabasco en el enjuague bucal.
EN: "Hey, Mind, did you see that fire-breathing dragon?
ES: "Oye, Mind, ¿viste ese dragón que lanza fuego?
EN: Precisely. So what better way of protecting the real treasure than to leave a fire-breathing dragon to guard it?
ES: Entonces, ¿qué mejor manera de proteger el tesoro real... que dejar un dragón escupe fuegos para vigilarlo?
EN: I tell you, I saw this petite waif in the rain feeding this fire-breathing dragon of a machine and I was really touched.
ES: Te digo, vi a esa pequeña niña abandonada en la lluvia alimentando a ese dragón que escupe fuego de una máquina y realmente me conmovió mucho.
EN: Twenty tons and four stories of car-crunching, fire-breathing insanity!
ES: ¡20 Toneladas y 4 pisos de locura aplasta carros, escupe fuego!
EN: And this is a giant, fire-breathing tomato.
ES: Y éste es un tomate gigante que escupe fuego.
EN: A giant, fire-breathing tomato?
ES: ¿ Un tomate gigante que escupe fuego?
EN: Eaten by a fire-breathing dragon.
ES: Comido por un dragón que respira fuego.

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