first-rate | Idiomator

Meaning: (UK,military,nautical,historical)Of aRoyal Navyship of the linein theNapoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across threegun decks, acomplementof 850–875, and weighing approximately 2,500tonsburthen.; (idiomatic)Superb,exceptional; of the best sort; very highquality.1867,Matthew Arnold,On the Study of Celtic Literature:Our onlyfirst-ratebody of contemporary poetry is the German.1897December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter I, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC,page 2:He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and wasfirst-ratecompany. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.1960,John Updike,'Rabbit, Run', page92:"I once did something right. I playedfirst-ratebasketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate."

Examples:

EN: Come on. Two hundred acres of first-rate grazing and corn land. And a site for a residence unequaled in the county.
ES: Doscientos acres de pastos y cereales espacio para una casa en un lugar sin igual en el condado.
EN: You see, Mr. Egelbaur is not only a first-rate singer, but he's also the head of Strump and...
ES: El Sr. Egelbaur no sólo es un gran cantante... también es el presidente de Strump y...
EN: Well, we stand a first-rate chance of having him... withdraw his financial support.
ES: Pues tenemos muy buenas posibilidades de que nos... retire su apoyo financiero.
EN: It's first-rate.
ES: Es de primera clase.
EN: If you're trying to raise him to be a first-rate scoundrel... with a complete lack of ethics and morals, you're certainly succeeding.
ES: Si lo estás criando para que sea un sinvergüenza... sin ética y sin moral, lo estás haciendo muy bien.
EN: I find it quite first-rate.
ES: Es de primera clase.
EN: - Not first-rate.
ES: No será famosa.
EN: Come on, let's go down to the tavern. The boss just got some first-rate wine!
ES: Vamos, ven. ¡El tabernero ha recibido un vino de primera!
EN: I am first-rate service.
ES: Soy servicio de primera.
EN: - I am first-rate service!
ES: - ¡Soy servicio de primera clase!
EN: - You a first-rate liar!
ES: - ¡Mentiroso de primera clase!
EN: - Why not be a first-rate one?
ES: - ¿Y por qué no ser uno de primera?
EN: I'm afraid that's the best I can do. Oh, it's first-rate, really.
ES: ¿Es su primer viaje a América?
EN: And a first-rate one at that.
ES: Y es uno de primera.
EN: On the contrary. I think it's a first-rate idea.
ES: Al contrario, me parece una idea excelente.

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