in the swim | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Activelyparticipatingin theflowofevents; veryinvolved.1894,Ivan Turgenev, chapter 8, inConstance Garnett, transl.,A House of Gentlefolk, published1859:He had very little money, but he was lucky at cards, made many acquaintances, took part in all entertainments, in a word, he wasin the swim.1903,Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 12, inThe Mayor of Troy:These punctual jaunts, very sensibly practised as a purge against dullness, together with the stir and hubbub of a garrison town in which his walled garden stood isolated, as it were, all day long, amid marchings, countermarchings, bugle-calls, and the rumble of wagons filled with material of war, gave him a sense of beingin the swim—of close participation in the world's affairs.2001December 23, Ted Loos, “A Flashy Museum Gives a Quiet Painter a New Look”, inNew York Times, retrieved22 June 2009:But "he's right there in the center of things,in the swimof art history."

Examples:

EN: When I'm in the swim, I want to be with the goldfish!"
ES: ¡Cuándo estoy en el acuario, quiero estar con los peces de colores!
EN: But the first thing to do is to put you back in the swim.
ES: Pero lo primero que debes hacer es ponerte otra vez en activo.
EN: ♪ Get right in the swim and try it ♪
ES: ♪ Ve a por todas e inténtalo ♪
ES: ♪ Ve a por todas e inténtalo ♪
EN: He thinks I've got to do it to keep in the swim.
ES: Cree que tengo que hacerlo para seguir a flote.
EN: Even though there's no surf, he's right back in the swim.
ES: Aunque no hay olas, está con la tabla de surf.
EN: ♪ We'd risk life and limb To keep you in the swim
ES: "Arriesgaríamos la vida Para conservar tu bienestar
EN: LUC Y: The first day went well we beat the boys across the lake in the swim meet and then we were challenged to a softball game.
ES: vencimos a los niños en natación y luego nos desafiaron a un juego de softball.
EN: Meg never got kicked out of summer camp for waking up in the swim coach's cabin. "
ES: A Meg nunca la expulsaron del campamento de verano".
EN: I bet she's on the computer in the swim team office.
ES: A que está en la terminal del equipo de natación.
EN: Now if the prescription were to match yours... all right, I was with grant in the swim gym. And is that type of service part of the job description?
ES: Y si era parte del trabajo llevar las suyas... de acuerdo, estuve con Grant en la piscina de ejercicio... y ese tipo de servicio, ¿es parte del trabajo?
EN: The contact we found in the swim gym filter was the same prescription as veronica's - grant's former housemaid.
ES: La lentilla se encontró en el filtro de la piscina de ejercicios... eran del mismo tipo que las de Veronica- - La ex-asistenta de Grant.
EN: ,Emma we so miss you in the swim team i still swim,occasionally these are so cute
ES: Te extrañamos en el equipo. Sigo nadando de vez en cuando. ¡Qué buena idea!
EN: Sam no way,Joshua come on,we're boding the perfect guy out of the guys in the swim team
ES: ¿Qué chico del equipo de natación tiene las piernas más bonitas? Sam. Ni hablar.
EN: Get in the swim of things.
ES: Un poco de agua en el vino hará bien.
EN: Kathy won it in the swim meet.
ES: Kathy lo ganó en natación.

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