grit | Idiomator

Meaning: Acollectionof hard small materials, such asdirt,groundstone,debrisfromsandblastingor other such grinding, orswarffrommetalworking.The flower beds were white withgritfrom sand blasting the flagstone walkways.Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improvetraction.; Small, hard,inedibleparticlesin food.These cookies seem to havegritfrom nutshells in them.; ; Ameasureof the size ofabrasivegrains, such as those onsandpaper, and thus their relativecoarsenessorfineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.I need a sheet of 100gritsandpaper.; (geology)A hard, coarse-grainedsiliceoussandstone;gritstone.Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.; ; (idiomatic)Strengthof mind;courageorfearlessness;fortitude.That kid with the cast on his arm has thegritto play dodgeball.1861,Charles Reade,The Cloister and the Hearth; or, Maid, Wife, and Widow. A Matter-of-Fact Romance., New York, N.Y.: Rudd & Carleton; London: Trübner & Co.:They came to a rising ground , not sharp , but long ; and here youth andgritand sober living told more than ever.1880,Edwin Percy Whipple,Success and Its Conditions:If you are overcome by a man ofgrit, he insolently makes you conscious of your own weakness1941April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, inRailway Magazine, page178:Although working under very unpleasant conditions they never grumbled, and to the end showed continuousgrit; and in addition to this several examples of sheer heroism were displayed.2015April 15, Jonathan Martin, “For a Clinton, it’s not hard to be humble in an effort to regain power”, inThe New York Times‎[1], archived fromthe originalon6 September 2015:But what their admirers callgritand critics deem shamelessness can overshadow another essential element of the Clinton school: a willingness to put on the hair shirt of humility to regain power.

Examples:

EN: Now grit your teeth and eat, okay?
ES: Aprieta los dientes y come, ¿vale?
EN: See, you're feeling better already, because you've got grit.
ES: Porque usted tiene espíritu. Lo hablamos el otro día con Eponine.
EN: Mrs. Fane, a woman who has the grit to stand by her husband like you... venturing up here ?
ES: Sra. Fane, una mujer con las agallas de seguir a su marido hasta aquí.
EN: That's the grit I had when I took out that old bowie knife...
ES: Ese fue el valor que tuve cuando tomé esa vieja navaja bowie...
EN: Alright, boys, turn away and grit your teeth.
ES: Muy bien, muchachos, den la vuelta y aprieten los dientes.
EN: Don't worry, if I'm stuck with a rich girl I'll grit my teeth and make the best of it.
ES: No te preocupes, si estoy con una chica rica, lo afrontaré lo mejor que pueda.
EN: Well, if you lose your way completely and grow tired of looking for the right path, grit your teeth and go straight through thickets, through rotting undergrowth, across swamps full of slippery clods of earth, and you will always come out on the main road in the end.
ES: Pues, en cuando pierdas el camino... Si pierdes todos los senderos y te cansas de buscarlos, aprieta los dientes y avanza en línea recta, por la espesura, Sobre las ramas caídas y podridas, por los mogotes movedizos del pantano,
EN: You'll find that our cleaner sucks up every bit of grit and dirt and adds years of wear and life to your rug.
ES: Verá que nuestra aspiradora levanta toda la tierra y el polvo y le prolonga la vida a su alfombra.
EN: This contains no grit, grime or grease;
ES: Esto no tiene mugre ni grasa.
EN: In the mayor's name, why are you clopping each other? - Hit the grit.
ES: Señores, ¿por qué se están golpeando?
EN: They've got more grit than your braves.
ES: Tienen más agallas que tus guerreros.
EN: A man I knew lost an eye by getting a bit of grit in it.
ES: Un hombre que conozco perdió un ojo por algo que le entró.
EN: -It looks like a bit of grit.
ES: -Parece arenilla.
EN: Just through me getting a bit of grit in my eye.
ES: Con algo que se me metió en el ojo.
EN: For meeting you... for taking the grit out of your eye... for loving you... for bringing you so much misery.
ES: Por haberte conocido por haberte quitado la carbonilla del ojo por amarte por haberte causado tanta pena.

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