Indian sign | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,dated,mildlyoffensive)Acursecausing loss ofwill powerorpersistentbad luck.1913,P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 12, inThe Little Nugget:"You certainly are my jinx, sonny. You have hung theIndian signon me all right."1921,Arthur B. Reeve, chapter 6, inThe Film Mystery:"We have been jinxed with a vengeance. Some one has held theIndian signon us for sure."1947,Dark Passage(motion picture), Warner Brothers:Vincent Parry (Humphrey Bogart): Nah, I've got theIndian signon me. It seems I can't win.1996,Mario Puzo,The Last Don,→ISBN,page83:"You're the only woman who ever had theIndian signon me. I married late and I know I'll never marry again."2018June 25, David Hytner, “Mikel aiming to turn tables 13 years after Messi took his Golden Ball”, inThe Guardian:Argentina have held anIndian signover Nigeria at World Cups going back to 1994, when the African nation first qualified.

Examples:

EN: That's Indian sign that he wants to palaver.
ES: Es la señal india de que quiere hablar.
EN: But they got the Indian sign on you, Tom.
ES: Pero te causará problemas, Tom.
EN: Hey, what are you trying to do, put the Indian sign on me?
ES: Eh, ¿qué es lo que pretende, echarme un mal de ojo?
EN: You always did have the Indian sign on me.
ES: Siempre has sabido cómo manejarme.
EN: What's the Indian sign you've got on those other kids, anyway?
ES: ¿Qué fue esa seña india con la que espantaste a los demás niños?
EN: It's because he lets old-fashioned sentiment put the Indian sign on him.
ES: Es porque se deja llevar por sus sentimientos hacia su familia.
EN: She gave him the Indian sign.
ES: Ella le hizo el signo indio.
EN: "We've got the Indian sign on you.
ES: "Ésta es una advertencia india:
EN: She's got the Indian sign on him already.
ES: Ya le echó la maldición.
EN: I've got the Indian sign on me.
ES: Soy un hombre desafortunado.
EN: I never thought that first time. That morning. Maybe I had that old Indian sign on me.
ES: Nunca hubiera podido imaginar que aquella mañana, cuando todo empezó, iba a tener un presagio que no podría entender.
EN: That old Indian sign.
ES: Aquel presagio.
EN: I don't know what kind of an Indian sign you got on that girl. But I don't think she will jump through the hoop this time.
ES: No sé cómo consigues manejarla pero me da la sensación de que esta vez no va a pasar por el aro.
EN: She's got the Indian sign on him.
ES: Ella tiene a los lndian tras él.
EN: Indian sign of some sort.
ES: Son senales jndjas.

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