John Hancock | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,idiomatic)A person'ssignature.Please put yourJohn Hancockon the dotted line to close the deal.1879, Bates Harrington,How 'tis Done: A Thorough Ventilation of the Numerous Schemes Conducted by Wandering Canvassers, together with the Various Advertising Dodges for the Swindling of the Public, Chicago, Ill.: Fidelity Pub. Co.,→OCLC,page63:The man is pressed for his "John Hancock" with all the persuasiveness and eloquence of a practiced operator on masculine vanity.1996, 30:38 from the start, inSpace Jam, Burbank, Calif.:Warner Home Video,→ISBN:Can I have your auto—yourJohn Hancock, please?2005,Dary Matera,John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America's First Celebrity Criminal, trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.:Carroll & Graf Publishers,→ISBN,page36:Audrey and crew even squeezed frail grocer Frank Morgan, the victim, into adding hisJohn Hancockto the parole petition. The cherry was getting Hanging Judge Joe Williams to sign on as well.2013June 18, Zachary A. Goldfarb, “Treasury Secretary Jack Lew unveils new signature after quibbles with his scribble”, inThe Washington Post‎[1]:[Jack] Lewis not the first Treasury secretary to change hisJohn Hancockupon arrival at 1500 Pennsylvania Ave.

Examples:

EN: All you gotta do is put your John Hancock on here and turn it over to her.
ES: Solo tiene que firmarlo y endosárselo a ella.
EN: Here's your letter, all typed up and ready to go. Just the old John Hancock.
ES: Aquí está su nota ya escrita y lista solo falta que la firme.
EN: Why, she could sign John Hancock and fool the old boy himself.
ES: Ella podría firmar por John Hancock y engañar al viejo mismo. Bueno, antes de que vayas poniéndote medallas, recuerda que no lo hiciste tan bien con Alan Eaton. ¿Sí?
EN: His wife's forgeries could fool even old John Hancock himself.
ES: Las falsificaciones de su esposa podrían engañar, incluso, al mismísimo John Hancock.
EN: You just give me your John Hancock there.
ES: Écheme una firmita ahí.
EN: Sign it "John Hancock." It's my Declaration of Independence.
ES: Pon mi firma. Es mi declaración de independencia.
EN: If I could just get your John Hancock, huh, Sergeant?
ES: ¿Podría regalarme su firma, sargento?
EN: John Hancock these, and Hail Mary.
ES: - Fírmelos y que Dios nos ayude.
EN: Let's see your John Hancock. John Hancock?
ES: - Veamos su firma.
ES: - Veamos su firma.
EN: And when I say "talk," I mean get his John Hancock and a retainer. You got me?
ES: Y "hablar" significa que vuelvas con un contrato firmado. ¿Entiendes?
EN: Okay, but I got to get the watch commander's John Hancock on this.
ES: Bien, pero debe conseguir una firma para esto.
EN: Just put your John Hancock down there and Mr Tauber will be a free man.
ES: Sólo firme aquí y el Sr. Tauber será un hombre libre.
EN: It could be Westerburg's if we get everybody's John Hancock.
ES: Podría ser en Westerburg si conseguimos la firma de todo el mundo.
EN: - So, what did John Hancock do?
ES: - Entonces lo que hacía John Hancock (mano en el pito)?
EN: Look, John Hancock's writing his name in the snow!
ES: ¡Mira, John Hancock esta escribiendo su nombre en la nieve!

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