get to grips with | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,chieflyUK)Todeal(with something)decisively, or toconfront(it) head on.Synonym:come to grips; (idiomatic,chieflyUK)Tobattle(with something).2011November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, inRTE Sport‎[1]:Estonia were struggling toget to grips withthe game while Ireland were showing a composure and guile that demonstrated their experience in play-off ties.; (idiomatic,chieflyUK)To gain anunderstanding(of something).2017May 16, Jerry Stuger, “Kafka and Autism. The Undisclosed Logic Behind Kafka’s Work”, inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume47,→DOI, pages2336–2347:[…] autism is the integral explanation of the phenomenon Kafka in all its expressions, and autism can explain the mystery of Kafka like no other of the interpretations proposed by literary scholars and critics in the history of Kafka research. […] The search by Kafka in his writing was for the unknown perspective in his fellow human beings which could put him at ease but he never managed to find it. He intuited this other state of mind and his writing is a testament of his search for this alien state of mind or self-consciousness which he tried to describe via parables, animal stories, aphorisms and images. His problem was that he could notget to gripswith reality, more specifically his own reality, because he could not live with it.

Examples:

EN: The Prince begs just a few more hours to really get to grips with it.
ES: El Príncipe necesita más horas para estudiar vuestro libro.
EN: I come all this way to fight fascists and I can't get to grips with them.
ES: Viajé tanto para pelear contra los fascistas, y ni les pillo.
EN: I want you to get to grips with it!
ES: - quiero que lo tengáis controlado.
EN: I've still to get to grips with that, and get to them and make them understand that daddy is still daddy
ES: A mi todavia me cuesta asumirlo y hacerlos entender que su papá sigue siendo su papá
EN: Few animals have had time to get to grips with this mighty wilderness... a place where only the hardiest can get by.
ES: Pocos animales han conseguido vencer tan poderosa y salvaje tierra, un lugar donde sólo los más rudos sobreviven.
EN: ) I'll never get to grips with this thing.
ES: Nunca podre familiarizarme con esta cosa.
EN: They tried to get to grips with his illness and tried to understand it, but it was very difficult, because they felt that everything they did was wrong.
ES: Intentaron comprender su enfermedad, pero era muy difícil, porque sentían que todo lo que hacían estaba mal.
EN: Really get to grips with the doo-ti-to-doo.
ES: Para adelantar con el doo-ti-to-doo.
EN: Week's holiday? 'I was gonna get to grips with the Roman Republic.
ES: Me iba a poner las pilas con la República romana
EN: I can understand you need to get to grips with my story, but how far?
ES: Puedo entender que necesites familiarizarte con mi historia, pero ¿hasta dónde?
EN: It must get to grips with its new ice world, benign one minute, life-threatening the next.
ES: Deben adaptarse a su nuevo mundo de hielo... a veces benévolo, a veces amenazador.
EN: I can't get to grips with it.
ES: - No puedo acordar con el
EN: Got to get to grips with that.
ES: Saber cómo se lograba.
EN: I'm going to give each one of you a year or two of the investigation and 24 hours to get to grips with the files.
ES: Voy a darle a cada uno un año o dos de la investigación y 24 horas para familiarizarse con los expedientes.
EN: You can get to grips with that graph.
ES: Puedes dominar ese gráfico.

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