legal beagle | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Askillfulandadroitlawyer.He made his reputation as alegal beagleas a prosecutor before entering private practice.1921December 24,Implement & Tractor, volume36, page21:For our part we are quite willing to pass the immortelles to Outerbridge Horsey, Banker Stillman'slegal beagle.1947,Weekly Commercial News, volume105:Marshall, who didn't know the process server was after him until thelegal beaglewas called off by his congressional bosses, settled the whole affair late this afternoon by giving the committee the papers it wanted.2010, Vicky Oliver,301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions, page103:You don't want to be alegal beagleabout it. You are not a dog! Still, a passing familiarity with employment law isn't such a bad thing when you're working for others.

Examples:

EN: Amanda, my love, why do you stay married to a legal beagle with 10 thumbs?
ES: Amanda, mi amor, ¿por qué sigues casada con un picapleitos de pacotilla?
EN: So now we come to our legal beagle Elaine and her client Bernardo from West Side Story and...
ES: Así que ahora llegamos a nuestra abogada Elaine-- y su cliente Bernardo de West Side Story y...
EN: Well, while you were downstairs with your legal beagle, I thought, "Shit, there's a whole bunch of other names I can use."
ES: Bueno, mientras estabas abajo con tu sabueso legal, pensé: "Carajo, hay otro montón de nombres que puedo usar."
EN: But that sexy little legal beagle, that is just what the doctor ordered for me.
ES: Pero esa abogadita sensual es precisamente lo que me recetó el doctor.
EN: Now you're a legal beagle.
ES: Ahora eres un Beagle legal.
ID: sekarang kau anjing pemburu legal.
EN: Justice Strauss, you are about to find your drab, legal beagle existence transformed into something mind-blowing, and yet extremely classy, when you become the exciting new face of the next Count Olaf production.
ES: Jueza Strauss, su vida legal, gris y aburrida se convertirá en una experiencia sensacional y, al mismo tiempo, extremadamente elegante, cuando sea el nuevo rostro de la futura producción del Conde Olaf.
ID: Justice Strauss, kau akan segera merasakan eksistensi menjemukan, pemburu hukummu diubah menjadi sesuatu di luar dugaan, tapi sangat klasik, ketika kau jadi wajah baru dari produksi Count Olaf selanjutnya.

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