on steroids | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal,usually after the name of a place or thing)To a greater degree, exaggerating the characteristics of the previously named object.Coordinate term:on wheelsPanic is anxietyon steroidsc.2000, “Processor Modes”, in(help manual)‎[1]:When a processor is running in real mode, it acts like an "8088on steroids". What this means is that it has the advantage of speed, but it otherwise accesses memory with the same restrictions of the original 8088: a limit of 1 MB of addressable RAM, and slow memory access that doesn't take advantage of the full 32-bit processing of modern CPUs.2005September 19, Tariq Malik, “NASA's New Moon Plans: 'Apolloon Steroids'”, inspace.com‎[2]:2016October 14, “Spin To Survive: How 'Saturn On Steroids' Keeps From Self-Destructing”, inNPR‎[3]:"This planet is much larger than Jupiter or Saturn, and its ring system is roughly 200 times larger than Saturn's rings are today," Mamajek said at the time."You could think of it as kind of a super Saturn."Or, as others have put it, Saturnon steroids.2019June 8,Kitty Empire, “Madonna: Madame X review – a splendidly bizarre return to form”, inThe Guardian‎[4]:Medellín, the first track from Madonna’s 14th studio album, arrived like La Isla Bonitaon steroids; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeon,‎steroids.

Examples:

EN: No. We can sell one big apple on steroids for $10,000.
ES: Podemos vender una gran manzana con esteroides por $10,000.
EN: Looked like gumby on steroids.
ES: Parecía inflado con esteroides.
EN: Wayne Gretzky on steroids?
ES: ¿Wayne Gretzky con esteroides?
EN: Scarlett O'Hara on steroids.
ES: Scarlett O'Hara después de usar esteroides.
EN: You kind of remind me of Elvira on steroids.
ES: Nosotros somos una tienda especializada en lo oculto y esa clase de "Cosas", ¿Qué es lo que espera? ¿Un "Abierto las 24 horas"?
EN: You know they got him on steroids?
ES: - Le estan dando esteroides
EN: Now, if you're not familiar with Twin Oaks, Twin Oaks is that big fancy rich place on steroids across the lake.
ES: Si no saben qué es Twin Oaks, es ese lugar grande y elegante de los esteroides, cruzando el lago.
EN: He ran off like a gazelle on steroids.
ES: Salió corriendo como una gacela con esteroides.
EN: You're harder to kill than a cockroach on steroids.
ES: Es más fácil matar a una cucaracha que toma esteroides.
EN: He looks like a chihuahua on steroids!
ES: ¡Parece un chihuahua con esteroides!
EN: Sound like a tin man... on steroids.
ES: Suena como el hombre de hojalata con esteroides.
EN: Those cops, they live on steroids.
ES: Esos policías viven de los esteroides.
EN: Up at the apartment, you said you thought I was innocent. But then visions of a big fat reward danced through your head like sugarplums on steroids.
ES: Arriba en el apartamento dijiste que creías que yo era inocente, pero luego las visiones de una grande y gorda recompensa te bailaron en la cabeza como frutas confitadas dentro de esteroides.
EN: A game where guys with bad backs and bad knees can get together and compete as guys who are goosed up on steroids.
ES: Un deporte al que pueden jugar chicos con la espalda o la rodilla rota contra chicos atiborrados de esteroides.
EN: Please! She could be pumped up on steroids for all we know.
ES: Tal vez ha tomado esteroides.

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