out of central casting
Language: en
Meaning: (idiomatic)Conforming to thestereotypicalimageof a particular type of person or group.2006, Richard Matturro,Luna, Livingtson Press,→ISBN,page92:"Do I or do I not have the quintessential in-laws? I swear they're rightout of central casting. A blowhard brother-in-law, bratty kids, and a sourpuss mother-in-law wide as a billboard.[…]2008, Holly Chamberlain,Tuscan Holiday[1], Kensington Books,→ISBN:Frank Grandin was straightout of central casting, the pompous, self-important, narrow-minded, big businessman, from his full head of suspiciously jet-black hair right down to the oversized gold watch on his wrist.2013, Linda Clark, "The Bhagwan's 93 Rolls-Royces", in Keith Martin,Strange but True Tales of Car Collecting: Drowned Bugattis, Buried Belvederes, Felonious Ferraris and other Wild Stories of Automotive Misadventure, Motorbooks (2013),→ISBN,unnumbered page:As cult leaders go, Rajneesh was straightout of central casting. His preferred garb was a satin-trimmed velvet robe and shoes, usually adorned with expensive jewelry.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:out of central casting.
Examples:EN: You're straight out of central casting.
ES: Tú podrías ser el personaje perfecto.
EN: The trouble was, Sally was straight out of central casting.
ES: El problema era que Sally estaba fuera de la atención central.
EN: - Right out of central casting.
ES: Sacada de un casting.
EN: And she was straight out of central casting:
ES: Alguien sacada de un libro de hippies:
EN: Enemy number one straight out of central casting.
ES: Enemigo número uno directamente de la fundición central.
EN: So, we got a generic description of a black guy right out of central casting, and we bought it.
ES: Pues que tenemos una descripción genérica de un hombre negro apareciendo en nuestro casting, y nos lo tragamos.
EN: He was right out of central casting.
HI: वह सेंट्रल कास्टिंग से ही सही थीं।
EN: "He was right out of central casting.
HI: वह सेंट्रल कास्टिंग से ही सही थीं।
EN: Enemy number one straight out of central casting. AKA a stuffed shirt for the military industrial complex.
ID: Musuh nomor satu langsung dari sumbernya alias boneka kompleks industri militer.
EN: We're talking a gunshot wound scenario, combined with a half dozen swarthy Lotharios straight out of central casting, and me, a law-abiding citizen of Protestant descent enforcing the rules of this establishment, maintaining the purity of our blood supply.
ID: Kita sedang bahas skenario luka tembak, ditambah setengah lusin penjahat kelamin langsung ke pusat, dan aku, warga negara yang taat hukum keturunan Protestan menegakkan aturan dari perusahaan ini, menjaga kemurnian suplai darah kita.
EN: John Kasich (Previous: 8) - Kasich feels like he was plucked out of central casting as a 1990s-era Presidential candidate.
TE: 4. జాన్ కసిచ్ (మునుపటిః 8) - అతను 1990 ల యుధ్ధ ప్రెసిడెంట్ అభ్యర్ధిగా సెంట్రల్ కాస్టింగ్ నుండి బయటకు నెట్టివేయబడ్డాడు.
EN: The rebels are straight out of central casting.
TE: సహాయక పాత్రలు నేరుగా సెంట్రల్ కాస్టింగ్ నుండి వచ్చాయి.
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