loaded for bear | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Thoroughlyequipped, as for ademandingtaskorconfrontation.1955,Edward Latimer Beach, chapter 6, inRun Silent, Run Deep:"The whole Jap Navy," said Captain Sams, waving at a map of Japan on the wall behind him, "has been steaming across the Pacificloaded for bear."; (idiomatic)Mentallypreparedfor adauntingsituationor confrontation.1917,Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 35, inAnne's House of Dreams:Every Elliott and Crawford and MacAllister is on the warpath,loaded for bear.

Examples:

EN: They're sure loaded for bear.
ES: Es evidente que están listos para el ataque.
EN: We're loaded for bear.
ES: Estamos preparados.
EN: You better come in strong tomorrow, I'll be loaded for bear.
ES: Vengan fuertes mañana, estaré cargado.
EN: You come loaded for bear, didn't you, boy?
ES: Ha venido listo para luchar, ¿verdad, muchacho?
EN: ♪ I'm dog dirty And loaded for bear ♪
ES: ♪ Soy un perro sucio y cabreado ♪
EN: Wrap it carefully and... ♪ I'm dog dirty And loaded for bear ♪
ES: Envuélvelo con cuidado y... ♪ Soy un perro sucio y cabreado ♪
EN: I'm gonna see and I'm gonna raise this fine pistol... London-made and loaded for bear.
ES: Los veo y subo la apuesta con esta buena pistola hecha en Londres y cargada debidamente.
EN: Four thousand ships loaded for bear.
ES: Cuatro mil barcos dispuestos.
EN: Dog dirty, and loaded for bear
ES: Sucio como un perro Y con el arma a punto
EN: I'm loaded for bear.
ES: Listo para la lucha.
EN: I come loaded for bear. not chickens.
ES: Vengo preparado para osos, no gallinas.
EN: Boy, that Sylvia Jaffe's loaded for bear.
ES: Esa Sylvia Jaffe está dispuesta a todo.
EN: And they're all loaded for bear, too.
ES: Y también están todos preparados para soportar.
EN: If these negotiations fail we could find ourselves in a war zone and if that happens I want to be loaded for bear.
ES: Si la negociación fracasa, estaremos en guerra. ¡Que todo esté listo!
EN: What, are you all loaded for bear here? Single malt scotch. Haitian rum?
ES: ¿Y toda esta cerveza, whisky de malta, ron de Haití,

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