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in the driving seat
Language:
Meanings:
1.
British English
Irish English
neutral
Literally seated in the position from which a vehicle is driven.
2.
British English
Irish English
Global
informal
idiomatic
Having control of or primary responsibility for a situation or decision.
Examples:
EN:
We put her in the driving seat.
ES:
La pusimos en el asiento del conductor.
EN:
God knows what sort of a mess Danny would have made of it, if he'd been in the driving seat.
ES:
Dios sabe que habría hecho Danny de ella... si estuviese a cargo.
EN:
Being in the driving seat is essential to his emotional well-being.
ES:
Estar en el asiento del conductor es esencial para su bienestar emocional.
EN:
Right, Mike, you jump in the driving seat and I'll push.
ES:
Amigo, tú ponte al volante y yo empujo.
EN:
That's where you're wrong, 'cause I'll be in the driving seat again tonight.
ES:
Ahí te equivocas, porque volveré a verla esta noche.
EN:
Who's the man in the driving seat?
ES:
¿Quién es el hombre en el asiento del conductor?
EN:
I'll get in the driving seat.
ES:
Me subiré al asiento del conductor.
EN:
A dummy is placed in the driving seat.
ES:
Hay un muñeco en el asiento del conductor.
EN:
You're in the driving seat now.
ES:
Tú estás en el asiento del conductor ahora.
EN:
I remember who was in the driving seat for the whole trip.
ES:
Recuerdo quien estuvo conduciendo todo el viaje.
EN:
You shape it. You're in the driving seat.
ES:
Ustedes tienen el control.
EN:
With Liverpool firmly in the driving seat.
ES:
Liverpool tiene el control.
EN:
You're in the driving seat.
ES:
Usted es el que manda.
EN:
It puts you in the driving seat - sometimes I tell them I love them on a first date, just to get things off to a good start.
ES:
No, decirle que la amas te da el control A veces lo hago en la primera cita, para empezar con buen pie
EN:
It lost us the tower block bomb which would have kept us in the driving seat.
ES:
Pero perdimos la bomba de la torre y al mismo tiempo la iniciativa de todo.
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