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four-minute warning
Language:
Meanings:
1.
United Kingdom
historical
formal
A Cold War-era British public alert system intended to warn the population approximately four minutes before the expected impact of a nuclear strike.
2.
United Kingdom
Worldwide
figurative
informal
A very short, last-minute warning preceding an imminent disaster or critical event.
Examples:
EN:
That is a four-minute warning.
ES:
¡Es una alerta de cuatro minutos!
EN:
- I can hear a four-minute warning!
ES:
La oigo.
EN:
The four-minute warning, it won't do you any good.
ES:
El aviso de cuatro minutos, no te servirá de nada. - ¿Qué?
ID:
Peringatan empat menit, itu tidak akan ada gunanya bagimu.
EN:
- What? - The four-minute warning before a Soviet nuclear missile hits the UK.
ES:
- El aviso de cuatro minutos... antes de que un misil nuclear soviético alcance al Reino Unido.
EN:
- The four-minute warning before a Soviet nuclear missile hits the UK.
ID:
- Peringatan empat menit sebelum rudal nuklir Soviet menghantam Inggris.
EN:
What about that four-minute warning?
ES:
¿ Y el aviso de cuatro minutos?
EN:
Did anybody get a four-minute warning?
ES:
¿Alguien ha recibido un aviso?
EN:
Captain Bulgakov, the four-minute warning's been sounded.
ES:
Capitán Bulgakov, la advertencia de cuatro minutos ha sonado.
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