gut check | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,sometimeshyphenated(especially when usedattributively))Anhonest,reflectiveappraisalof one's true feelings concerning a matter of concern.1996June 9, Paul Rodgers, “Two born-again brands: one yells, one whispers”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved23 August 2015:"I told them what we needed was agut checkto see whether we had the stomach to go ahead."2000October 7,Nancy Gibbs, “Gore: Where Is The Love?”, inTime, retrieved23 August 2015:There's an old parlor game, a kind ofgut checkfor the heart and head. Would you rather be rich or pretty? Happy or famous? Is it better to be good or to be smart?2013January 18, Stephen J. Ciccone, “January’s Stock Temptation”, inNew York Times, retrieved23 August 2015:But for investors looking for long-term winners at the start of the year, it’s best to give yourself agut checkbefore you buy.2014September 9,David Ignatius, “Stepping warily onto the battlefield”, inWashington Post, retrieved23 August 2015:For President Obama, this isgut-checktime on Iraq. He is moving the nation back onto a pitiless battlefield, with a war plan that is long on good intentions and short on clarity about the ultimate mission.

Examples:

EN: You know when the demons get too close, the ones that say that I'm going to end up like my father, I come here for a gut check.
ES: Cuando los demonios se acercan demasiado los que dicen que voy a terminar como mi padre vengo aquí a revisar mi valor.
EN: You know, when the demons get too close, the ones that say that I'm gonna end up like my father, I come here for a gut check.
ES: Cuando los demonios se acercan mucho los que dicen que terminaré como mi papá vengo para ver qué tantas agallas tengo.
EN: Little gut check time, fellas.
ES: Es hora de pensar por nosotros mismos.
EN: - Time for a gut check, men.
ES: Hora de probar el valor, chicos.
EN: I need you to make a gut check here, pal.
ES: Necesito que demuestres tu lealtad, socio.
EN: It's gut check time, pal.
ES: El tiempo pasa, compañero.
EN: Well, it was gut check time for a lot of us.
ES: Bueno, fue un momento en el que muchos pusimos a prueba nuestra valentía. -Hicimos lo que pudimos.
EN: And now it's gut check time.
ES: Y ahora es el momento de ver quién los tiene más grandes.
EN: Where I come from, 13 years in the NFL and it is a gut check I am definitely going to have to dig deeper, but her vote against me last night, I consider it stupid.
ES: Yo vengo de 13 años en la NFL y es un ofensa que definitivamente tenga que buscar más fuerzas. Pero anoche en su voto contra mí yo lo consideré como estúpido.
EN: It's gut check time.
ES: Es el momento de probar que tienes agallas.
EN: It's a gut check.
ES: Es un una corazonada.
ES: Sigo su instinto.
EN: These, um, past months have... been a real, gut check.
ES: Estos últimos meses... han sido verdaderamente un mal trago.
EN: Well, when people show up to vote and have to confront the possibility of Claire Underwood as president, they're gonna have a gut check and make the right choice.
ES: Cuando el pueblo vote y tenga que afrontar la posibilidad de Claire Underwood como presidenta, lo reconsiderará y tomará la decisión correcta.
EN: So, I know we're moving out, but just a quick gut check here.
ES: Sé que nos estamos mudando, pero revisemos rápido la situación.
EN: I did a gut check.
ES: Lo pensé mejor.

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