Jedi mind trick | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Amentalfeatsuch asapparentlyinducingsomeone toacta certainwayorreadingsomeone'smind,achievedas if bymagicortelepathy.1987,Eddie Murphy Raw, spoken by Eddie Murphy:I watched the show to see what kind of guy he was, and the character on the show ain't too bright, so I figured if he came up to me I could use theJedi mind trickon him. Mr T would go, “I heard you did some jokes about me!” “No, you didn't!” “Maybe I didn't!”1998September 29, “Thieves in the Night”, inMos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, performed byBlack Star:Screamin’ “Brand new!”, when they just sanitized the old shit / Suppose it's just another cleverJedi mind trick2005,Lou Schuler, Alwyn Cosgrove, “Charting Your Progress”, inThe New Rules of Lifting: Six Basic Moves for Maximum Muscle, London:Avery,→ISBN, part 4 (Programs),page205:You have to estimate your own starting weights, using trial and error. There's no way to get around it. I've met personal trainers who were phenomenally good at figuring out their clients' starting weights.[…]Maybe it's some kind ofJedi mind trick. But unless you have one of those trainers, you have to figure it out on your own.2006May 2,Jim Butcher, chapter 5, inProven Guilty[…](The Dresden Files; 8), New York, N.Y.:Roc,→ISBN,page27:"It's the Fourth Law of Magic," I said. "You aren't allowed to control the mind of another human. But … hell, it's of the first things a lot of these stupid kids try—the oldJedi mind trick. Sometimes they start with maybe getting homework overlooked by a teacher or convincing their parents to buy them a car.[…]"2007, Paula Chase, “Hottie Jedi Mind Tricks”, inDon’t Get It Twisted(A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel), New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books for Young Readers,Kensington Publishing Corp.,→ISBN,page60:Brian was a good diversion. For every girl that went loopy over him, there was one less chick she had to worry about being in Craig's face. All she had to do was stay as far away from Brian as possible … you know, just in case thatJedi mind trickthing melted the BF shield.2025July 19, David Smith, quotingCharlie Sykes, “‘The ghost of Epstein is haunting Trump’s presidency’: inside the ‘Maga’ revolt”, inThe Guardian‎[2],→ISSN:[Donald Trump is] doing thisJedi mind trickwhere he is trying to say, no this is not the conspiracy theory you actually care about.

Examples:

EN: He's using an old Jedi mind trick.
ES: Está utilizando un viejo truco mental de losJedi.
EN: So I figured if he came up to me, I could use the Jedi mind trick on him.
ES: Asi que me imagine que si se me acercaba, le podría hacer algun truco mental "Jedi".
EN: Oh, shithead here watched Empire and Jedi last week ... and ever since, he's been trying to do the Jedi mind trick.
ES: El bobo vio Empire y Jedi la semana pasada... e intenta hacer el truco mental del Jedi.
EN: The Jedi mind trick!
ES: ¡Con el truco mental del Jedi!
EN: I'm standing there, ready to say everything I never said then he pulls this Jedi mind trick.
ES: Le iba a decir lo que pensaba cuando de pronto usó la táctica del Jedi.
EN: You try the Jedi mind trick.
ES: Prueba el truco mental de Jedi.
EN: Because the Jedi mind trick is when you tell someone what to think, and they think it.
ES: El truco de Jedi es cuando le dices a alguien qué pensar, y ellos lo piensan.
EN: That Jedi mind trick thing?
ES: ¿Ese truco de Jedi?
EN: - What? Is this like a Jedi mind trick or...
ES: ¿Es esto como un truco mental de los Jedi o...?
EN: Are you seriously trying to Jedi mind trick me?
ES: ¿Intentas usar trucos Jedis conmigo?
EN: its an old Jedi mind trick.
ES: - Incorrecta, una decisión incorrecta. - Fuimos tontos en aceptar la cirugía.
EN: Okay, so if what we saw before was just a Jedi mind trick, what the hell does this damn thing look like?
ES: Bueno, si todo lo que vimos antes fue sólo un truco mental Jedi ¿a qué demonios se parece esta maldita cosa?
EN: It like a Jedi mind trick. I am an adult.
ES: Es como un truco mental Jedi.
EN: - Jedi mind trick, huh? - Jedi mind trick.
ES: - Un truco mental Jedi, ¿eh?
ES: - Un truco mental Jedi, ¿eh?
EN: This move is like the Jedi mind trick.
ES: Esta movida es como el truco mental de un Jedi:

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