for the asking | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Available for someone to have something just by asking for it, i.e., without any significanteffortoroutlay;freely.All you have to do is go to the interview. The job is yoursfor the asking.1927-29,M.K. Gandhi,The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated1940byMahadev Desai,Part I, Chapter xi:[…]he [Mavji Dave] said: '[…]I would far rather that you sent him to England. My son Kevalram says it is very easy to become a barrister. In three years' time he will return. Also expenses will not exceed four to five thousand rupees. Think of that barrister who has just come back from England. How stylishly he lives! He could get the Diwanshipfor the asking. I would strongly advise you to send Mohandas to England this very year. Kevalram has numerous friends in England. He will give notes of introduction to them, and Mohandas will have an easy time of it there.'

Examples:

EN: It concerns you, and it's yours for the asking. Thenardier.
ES: Tengo el secreto a vuestra disposición.
EN: Yours for the asking.
ES: Son suyos.
EN: Oh, believe me, all this and as much more as the mind of man can encompass is ours for the asking when once we've found the way to make death our servant, and not our master.
ES: Oh, créame, la mente humana puede abarcar todo esto y mucho más. sólo debemos preguntarnos.. si alguna vez encontraremos la forma de hacer de la muerte nuestra sierva y no nuestra señora.
EN: Nothing in the world that Tina won't have, can't take for the asking.
ES: Nada en el mundo que no le vaya a conceder a Tina.
EN: Titles, honors, wealth... and immediate marriage with the girl of your choice are yours for the asking if-
ES: Títulos, riquezas y una boda inmediata son tuyos siempre que...
EN: And in the meantime, whoever wants to take over this being queen, it's theirs for the asking.
ES: Y mientras tanto, quien quiera hacerse cargo de ser la reina, se lo concedo cuando quiera.
EN: This stage is yours for the asking, Rusty.
ES: Sería tuyo sólo con pedirlo, Rusty.
EN: Remember that. They'll fit you up with a divorce just for the asking.
ES: Te concederán el divorcio sólo con pedirlo.
EN: Just turn on the old charm. The fair Katrina is yours for the asking.
ES: Tus encantos no podrán ser resistidos... y Katrina caerá rendida a tus brazos.
EN: There are jockeys to be had for the asking.
ES: Hay otros jinetes.
EN: I thank you anyway, Sean Thornton, for the asking.
ES: Se lo agradezco de todos modos, Sean Thornton, por intentarlo.
EN: Ruby should be his for the asking.
ES: Ruby debía ser suya sólo con pedirlo.
EN: Knighthood cannot be had for the asking.
ES: Grande es el rango que solicitas.
EN: You are a most unlikely hijacker I should think you could get anything you wanted just for the asking
ES: Es usted uno de los ladrones más improbable en que yo pensaría. Usted podría conseguir todo lo que quisiera con tan sólo con pedirlo.
EN: When Hal and I first came here, you could have had me for the asking.
ES: Cuando Hal y yo llegamos pudiste quedarte conmigo.

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