native soil | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,as pertaining to persons)Thecountryorgeographicalregion where one wasbornor which one considers to be one's truehomeland.1892,Bret Harte, “Colonel Starbottle's Client”, inColonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories:[T]hey were peculiarly honored by the unexpected presence in their midst "of that famous son of the South, Colonel Starbottle," who had lately returned to hisnative soilfrom his adopted home in California.1919,Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 4, inThe Sun Of Quebec:"Look back, Peter," he said, "and you can get your last glimpse of yournative soil. The black line that just shows under the sky is Sandy Hook."2007September 10, Aryn Baker, “A Musharraf Foe's Aborted Return”, inTime:Nawaz Sharif, two-time Prime Minister of Pakistan, had planned a triumphant return to hisnative soilnearly seven years after choosing exile.; (idiomatic,as pertaining to animals, plants, things, ideas, etc.)Source, place oforigin, principallocation, or naturalhabitat.1839,Robert FitzRoy,Phillip Parker King,Charles Darwin, chapter XX, inNarrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s ShipsAdventureandBeagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836,[…], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), London:Henry Colburn,[…],→OCLC:[B]ut who else from seeing a plant in an herbarium can imagine its appearance when growing in itsnative soil?1860,Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 8, inThe Marble Faun:What a strange idea—what a needless labor—to construct artificial ruins in Rome, thenative soilof ruin!1901,Edith Wharton, “The Recovery”, inCrucial Instances:An innate passion for all that was thus distinguished and exceptional made her revere Hillbridge as thenative soilof those intellectual amenities that were of such difficult growth in the thin air of East Onondaigua.

Examples:

EN: Then he must have brought his native soil with him, boxes of it.
ES: Entonces habrá traído la tierra natal con él. Cajones.
EN: And knowing that a vampire must rest by day in his native soil, I am convinced that this Dracula is no legend but an undead creature whose life has been unnaturally prolonged.
ES: Y como sabemos que un vampiro debe descansar durante el día... en su tierra natal... estoy convencido que este Drácula no es una leyenda... sino un ser... que ha logrado prolongar su vida más allá de los límites naturales.
EN: The fairest flowers of Scottish architecture are being uprooted from their native soil to be replanted in an alien land where the very spirit of Scotland has been prohibited for years.
ES: Están arrancando las perlas más preciosas de la arquitectura escocesa para replantarlas en una tierra extranjera en la que el espíritu escocés se ha prohibido durante años.
EN: There'll be a box of earth somewhere near at hand, Jeffrey, a box of its own native soil to which the vampire must return at the end of each night.
ES: Habrá un cajón de tierra en algún lugar cercano,Jeffrey... un cajón de su propio suelo natal al que el vampiro debe regresar cada noche.
EN: To defend your native soil.
ES: - Para defender tu tierra natal.
EN: There, you will bring the coffin with my native soil.
ES: Llevarás ahí mi ataúd con la tierra de mi país.
EN: Take a handful of your native soil and fight for it.
ES: Toma un puñado de tierra natal, por ella has de luchar.
EN: My native soil, protect me!
ES: ¡Tierra natal, protégeme!
EN: Well at least I'll be buried in native soil.
ES: Bien al menos seré enterrado en mi tierra natal.
EN: 'Meanwhile, some of the residents of the invaded area 'are taking steps to curb what they consider an abuse of their native soil.'
ES: Por ahora, algunos de los habitantes de la zona invadida ha tomado medidas... Contraloqueconsideranunabuso contra sus derechos en su tierra natal.
EN: and we have huge stocks of atomic weapons in reserve, stocks large enough to eventually crush the enemy on his native soil and end forever his power to make war on any nation anywhere.
ES: y tenemos grandes existencias de reserva de armas atómicas, existencias lo suficientemente grandes como para destruir al enemigo en su tierra natal y poner fin para siempre a su capacidad de hacer la guerra a cualquier nación.
EN: With our native soil.
ES: con tierra natal.
EN: Plant your feet on your native soil, breathe that friendly air.
ES: Poner sus pies en su tierra natal... respirar ese aire familiar.
EN: And we also know that during the day the vampire must rest in his native soil.
ES: Y también sabemos que durante el día el vampiro debe descansar en su tierra.
EN: 'Tis for us to see to it that that precious blood is not shed, whatever the occasion may be, far away from our native soil.
ES: Y nos corresponde garantizar que esa valiosa sangre no se derrama, cualquiera que sea la ocasión, lejos de nuestra patria.

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