get a grip

Language: en

Meaning: Togrip, as in: totake holdof, as with the hand.1894, Joseph Jacobs, “More English Fairy Tales”, inThe Wee Bannock, D. Nutt:But the bannock ran […] down the road to the next house, and in and snug by the fireside. The folk were just sitting down to their soup, and the goodwife scraping the pot. "Look," quoth she, "there's a wee bannock come in to warm itself at our fireside.""Shut the door," quoth the goodman, "and we'll try toget a gripof it."When the bannock heard that, it ran out of the house and they after it with their spoons, […]1898, Arnold Henry Savage Landor,In the Forbidden Land, Heinemann,Chapter XIII:I attempted toget a gripin the snow with my frozen fingers, to stem myself with my heels, but with no success, […]1909, John Coulson Tregarthen,The Life Story of an Otter, John Murray,page 111:Thereupon the conger, taking the offensive, made a grab at him; it tried to seize him again […], but in both cases it failed toget a gripof the slippery skin, and the next minute the otter was at the surface.1912, Agnes Repplier,Americans and others, Houghton Mifflin Company,page 67:Heber, using the argument which he felt would be of most avail, tried to frighten the man into soberness by picturing his wife's wrath; whereupon the adroit scamp replied that he knew whatthatwould be, and had taken the precaution to have his hair cut short, so that she could notget a gripon it.1919,W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “Chapter XIV”, inThe Moon and Sixpence,[New York, N.Y.]:Grosset & Dunlap Publishers[…],→OCLC:But here was a man who sincerely did not mind what people thought of him, and so convention had no hold on him; he was like a wrestler whose body is oiled; you could notget a gripon him; it gave him a freedom which was an outrage. I remember saying to him:"Look here, if everyone acted like you, the world couldn't go on.""That's a damned silly thing to say. Everyone doesn't want to act like me. The great majority are perfectly content to do the ordinary thing."2022February 9, Tom Allett, “Network News: Improved planning the key for advancing rail freight”, inRAIL, number950, page28:"The Government needs toget a gripon the cost of electricity," she noted.; Toattaintheunderstandingof acomplextopic.1913, Douglas Hyde, “Eugene O'Curry”, inCatholic Encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia Press:[…] the great antiquarian, Duald MacFirbis […], who was able to penetrate andget a gripof the long forgotten language of the ancient law tracts […]1917, Harold MacGrath,The Luck of the Irish, Harper & Brothers,page 206:"Grogan, the truth is, I travel to keep away from New York. There I'm lost: too many friends. When I'm at sea I get away from it all and kind ofget a gripon life again. You understand?"1918, William MacLeod Raine,The Sheriff's Son, Houghton Mifflin Company,page 65:"You're looking at the thing wrong end to.Get a gripon your facts first. […]"2024April 3, Howard Johnston, “Network News: Weak bosses and staff blamed for Crossrail overspend”, inRAIL, number1006, page20:However, little was done, and it was only following new skilled appointments to the Crossrail board that itgot a firm grip, with daily meetings held to resolve many of the deep-seated issues.; (idiomatic,chieflyimperative)Tocome to one's sensesand become morerationalafter havingexperienceda strongemotion.He needs toget a gripif he's getting that angry over such a little thing.1907, “Mark Twain's Fables of Man”, in John S. Tuckey, editor,Little Nelly Tells a Story Out of Her Own Head, University of California Press:She made her innocent bow, and retired without a suspicion that she had been an embarrassment. Nothing would have happened, now, perhaps, if quiet could have been maintained for a few minutes, so that the people couldget a gripupon themselves, but the strain overpowered my old maid partner and she exploded like a bomb; a general and unrestrained crash of laughter followed, of course, the happy tears flowed like brooks, and no one was sorry of the opportunity to laugh himself out and get the blessed relief that comes of that privilege in such circumstances.1929, H.P. Lovecraft, Zealia Bishop,The Mound,Part VII:When I reached this stage of visual chaos I stopped for a moment toget a gripon myself. It would not do to let my nerves get the better of me at the very outset of what would surely be a trying experience, […]1950, William Frederick Temple,The Triangle of Terror:Panic thoughts chased about in my brain. I attempted toget a gripupon myself.1994, 0:00 from the start, inJuicy‎[1](Hip Hop), spoken byThe Notorious B.I.G.:Fuck all you hoes.Get a grip, motherfucker.

Examples:

EN: Look, honey, you've got to get a grip on yourself.
ES: Mira, tienes que ser fuerte.
EN: I can't get a grip.
ES: ¡No puedo sujetarte!
EN: I can't get a grip, Gunner.
ES: ¡No puedo sujetarte, Gunner!
EN: You gotta get a grip on yourself, And there's only two ways to handle it.
ES: Tienes que controlarte, y solo hay dos maneras de afrontarlo.
EN: It'll be all right as soon as I get a grip on it.
ES: - Estará bien cuando tenga donde agarrar.
EN: - Not that, exactly... but it seemed to remind me of something that I didn't have time to get a grip on.
ES: - No sé decir... pero creo que me trae el recuerdo de algo que no he podido atrapar.
EN: Can you get a grip with your feet?
ES: -¿Puede apoyar los pies?
EN: You got to get a grip on yourself.
ES: Tiene que recobrar el control de sí misma.
EN: Here, here, you better get a grip on yourself.
ES: Vamos, es mejor que te serenes.
EN: You've had a wonderful evening, wise-cracking, clowning, but now, you've got to get a grip on yourself.
ES: Ha tenido una tarde maravillosa, sabihonda, payasesca, pero ahora, usted tiene que conseguir algo de qué agarrarse.
EN: Now, try to get a grip on yourself, Dan.
ES: Intenta calmarte, Dan.
EN: Better get a grip on yourself.
ES: Intenta tranquilizarte.
EN: You'll get a grip when some time goes by.
ES: Ya verá, cuando pase el tiempo.
EN: Thomas, get a grip on yourself.
ES: Thomas, controlate.
EN: I tell you, Hogan, this dame would tear the stars right out of the sky if she could just get a grip on them.
ES: Hogan, esta señora bajaría las estrellas del cielo si pudiera echarles mano.

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