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go off half-cocked
Language:
Meanings:
1.
US
General
colloquial
Literally, to fire a gun with its hammer only partially cocked, risking a premature or faulty discharge.
2.
US
General
colloquial
informal
To take action prematurely or recklessly without sufficient thought or preparation.
Examples:
EN:
- I'm not going to go off half-cocked.
ES:
- No voy a estropearlo todo ahora.
EN:
Now don't go off half-cocked, Patrick.
ES:
No quiero dejarlo a medias, Patrick.
EN:
Don't let's go off half-cocked.
ES:
No lo dejemos a medias.
EN:
Don't let's go off half-cocked and do something we'll be sorry for.
ES:
No hagamos algo de lo que nos arrepintamos.
EN:
No, no. Don't go off half-cocked.
ES:
No haga las cosas a medias.
EN:
Never go off half-cocked.
ES:
Nunca actúo impulsivamente.
EN:
Yocum, why go off half-cocked on this thing?
ES:
¿Por qué publicaría esto sin tener toda la información?
EN:
- Well, don't go off half-cocked again.
ES:
- Procure no precipitarse otra vez.
EN:
Don't go off half-cocked.
ES:
Piensa un poco.
ES:
- Me voy. No te precipites.
ES:
No te precipites.
EN:
Try not to go off half-cocked then.
ES:
No te enojes.
EN:
Let's not go off half-cocked.
ES:
No amartilles el arma.
EN:
As vice chairman, you need to stop and think before you go off half-cocked
ES:
Como vicepresidente, tienes que pararte a pensar antes de perder la cabeza.
EN:
Now let's not go off half-cocked now, honey.
ES:
No debemos frustrarnos, cariño.
EN:
Let's not go off half-cocked. Well, somebody's bound to come check on us, once they see the road is out and the lines are down. Yeah.
ES:
No nos apresuremos.
EN:
Aw, come on, Bernie. Nobody's gonna go off half-cocked... just becauseJoe Mondragon gets arrested.
ES:
Bernie, nadie tomará las armas... porque Joe Mondragón sea arrestado.
EN:
- I'm not going to go off half-cocked.
ES:
- No voy a estropearlo todo ahora.
EN:
Now don't go off half-cocked, Patrick.
ES:
No quiero dejarlo a medias, Patrick.
EN:
Don't let's go off half-cocked.
ES:
No lo dejemos a medias.
EN:
Don't let's go off half-cocked and do something we'll be sorry for.
ES:
No hagamos algo de lo que nos arrepintamos.
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