mean streak | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Adefectincharactercharacterized bypersistentnastiness,viciousness, ormalevolence.1911,Charlotte Perkins Gilman, chapter 1, inThe Crux:"He's worse than mischievous," Mr. Lane assured her sourly. "There's amean streakin that family."1993May 14,Janet Maslin, “Film: A Western in the Hands of a Revisionist”, inNew York Times, retrieved 14 Sept 2017:The film's considerable taste for graphic, noisy violence becomes clear during this tumultuous opening. So does itsmean streak, as the Colonel delivers outrageous insults to one and all.2016March 10, Paul Hayward, “Sport: Eddie Jones takes England siege mentality to the extreme”, inTelegraph, UK, retrieved 14 Sept 2017:England’s combative coach . . . wants aggression, a touch of the outlaw, amean streak.

Examples:

EN: He has a very kind soul but as his record shows, there is a very mean streak in him and he can be pretty nasty.
ES: Él tiene un alma muy afable... pero como bien sabes, tiene una vena de tacaño... y puede ser bastante desagradable.
EN: You've got a mean streak, Riddle.
ES: Tienes muy mala idea.
EN: You know, this girl has a mean streak in her.
ES: ¿Sabes, Dink? Esta chica es mala.
EN: Not a mean streak in him.
ES: No había ni una sola veta mezquina en él.
EN: You do have a mean streak, don´t you?
ES: Tienes un fondo ruín.
EN: I don't know about that but I do know he's got a mean streak in him when it comes to women.
ES: De eso no sé, pero sí sé que tiene una veta mezquina cuando trata con mujeres.
EN: Well, even so, it shows a very mean streak in your character.
ES: Aunque fuera así. Muestra una faceta mala de tu carácter.
EN: - The cat's got a mean streak in her.
ES: Cálmese, Walter.
EN: That old lady has got a mean streak.
ES: Esa anciana es una especie de tirana.
EN: [chuckles] Oh, you got a mean streak in you, lady.
ES: Qué mezquina es Ud., señora.
EN: Ooh, you got a real mean streak.
ES: Es de lo más mezquina.
EN: Heath, you've got a mean streak in you a mile wide.
ES: Heath, eres de lo más mezquino.
EN: She's got a mean streak, but...
ES: Tiene su lado malo, pero...
EN: That Mary Pickford, I always knew she had a mean streak.
ES: Sabía que esa Mary Pickford era una malvada.
EN: Kid! - That dog's got a mean streak. - Here's your money.
ES: - Ese perro tiene malas pulgas.

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