man among men | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A man who isacceptedon the same terms, and as having the sameworth, as other men in society.1892,Mark Twain[pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XII, inThe American Claimant, New York, N.Y.:Charles L[uther] Webster & Co.,→OCLC,page128:I have accomplished my dearest wish, I am aman among men, on an equal footing with Tom, Dick and Harry, and yet it isn't just exactly what I thought it was going to be.1913,Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 5, inThe Texan Scouts:The boy was on terms of perfect equality with Obed and the Panther. They treated him as aman among men.2001June 24,Gerald Clarke, “The Double Life of an Aids Victim”, inTime, retrieved14 July 2014:Willson transformed Roy Fitzgerald into Rock Hudson and secured him an apprenticeship. . . . [H]e was able to establish his film personality: steady, likable, aman among men.; (idiomatic)Asuperiororremarkableman whostands outfrom other men; aleaderorexemplarfor other men.1667,John Milton, “Book III”, inParadise Lost.[…], London:[…][Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker[…];[a]nd by Robert Boulter[…];[a]nd Matthias Walker,[…],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books:[…], London: Basil Montagu Pickering[…],1873,→OCLC, lines283–285:And be thy ſelfMan among menon Earth, / Made fleſh, when time ſhall be, of Virgin ſeed, / By wondrous birth:[…]1890,A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Bait on the Hook”, inThe Firm of Girdlestone: A Romance of the Unromantic, London:Chatto & Windus,[…],→OCLC,page335:To her distorted fancy he was aman among men, a hero, all that was admirable and magnificent.1900,John Fox Jr., chapter 7, inCrittenden: A Kentucky Story of Love and War:At the head of it rode two men—one with a quiet mesmeric power that bred perfect trust at sight, the other with a kindling power of enthusiasm, and a passionate energy, mental, physical, emotional, that was tireless; each aman among men, and both together an ideal leader for the thousand Americans at their heels.1916,Gilbert Parker, chapter 26, inThe World For Sale:[H]e was so much aman among men, a giant, with a great, lumbering mind, slow to conceive, but moving in a large, impressive way when once conception came.1997, Harriet Rubin,The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women,→ISBN:A prince is aman among men, a canny fighter, a steely sovereign who takes what he wants out of life.

Examples:

EN: Is the only man among men
ES: Es el único hombre entre los hombres
EN: A man among men.
ES: Un hombre entre los hombres.
ES: Un hombre entre los hombres.
ES: Un gran hombre.
ES: De un hombre entre los hombres.
EN: ...really sell that stiff as a man among men?
ES: - ¿... un hombre entre hombres, ése?
EN: Hide a stone among stones and a man among men.
ES: Una piedra se esconde entre las piedras, y un hombre entre los hombres.
EN: His violence can be great. You see him as a man among men.
ES: Tú lo ves como un hombre, pero no puedes verlo como yo.
EN: We punish Scipio only because he is a man among men.
ES: Castigaremos a Escipión sólo porque él es un hombre entre los hombres. ¿O un romano entre romanos?
EN: He was a man among men.
ES: Era un hombre entre muchos.
EN: You're truly a man among men!
ES: ¡Realmente eres un hombre entre muchos!
EN: I suppose you could say he was a man among men.
ES: Supongo que se podría decir que era un hombre entre hombres.
EN: You're truly a man among men.
ES: Eres realmente un hombbre entre hombres.
EN: Oh, you're a man among men, Sully.
ES: Eres un hombre único, Sully.
EN: Yeah... you are a man among men.
ES: Sí... eres un hombre único.
EN: You are a man among men.
ES: Usted es único entre los hombres.
EN: You're a man among men, Don.
ES: Eres un gran hombre.
EN: Never gonna think that the man I lose is the only man among men!
ES: Nunca creeré que el hombre al que pierda es el único hombre entre los hombres.

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