penalty box | Idiomator

Meaning: (ice hockey)An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (apenalty) that is assessed after an infraction.Both players got to cool their heels for five minutes in their respectivepenalty boxesafter the fight.; (soccer)Thepenalty area.2000March 12, Stuart Barnes, “Swindon stunner for Curbishley”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:At times, Swindon'spenalty boxresembled a pinball machine.; (idiomatic,figuratively)A temporarypunishment, or, metaphorically, a similar setback (e.g., loss of control, embarrassment, etc.).2003, Tim Breithaupt,10 Steps to Sales Success: The Proven System That Can Shorten the Selling Cycle, Double Your Close Ratio,→ISBN,page170:A visit to thepenalty boxoccurs when the salesman has relinquished control of the sales call by immediately answering the customer's question.2003, John Portmann,Sex and heaven: Catholics in bed and at prayer,→ISBN,page155:What can land you in this metaphorical holding cell, thepenalty boxof Catholicism?2008, John Zarrella and Patrick Oppmann, "Florida, Michigan seek exit from Democratic penalty box," CNN.com,[2]:Florida, Michigan seek exit from Democraticpenalty box

Examples:

EN: Into the penalty box.
ES: Al banco de castigo. - ¿Quién?
EN: ANNOUNCER: And now there they go, side by side into the penalty box for five minutes.
ES: Ahora van juntos al banco de castigo por cinco minutos.
EN: I think it's time now to release the players from the penalty box.
ES: Es hora de liberar a los jugadores del banco de castigo.
EN: Don Martin, coming in from the penalty box in the last minute ofplay, broke the tie.
ES: Don Martin regresó del banco de castigo y logró el desempate en el último minuto.
EN: In the penalty box!
ES: ¡Al banco de castigo!
EN: I'm in the penalty box.
ES: Estoy en el banquillo.
EN: Richard throws him into the penalty box, and down he goes!
ES: Richard Io lanza contra la tarima de castigo. ! Cae!
EN: Hank got hold of Frank Martinez and throws him into the penalty box splintering it into pieces.
ES: Hank lanza a Frank Martinez contra la tarima de castigo haciéndola astillas.
EN: He would get deliberate penalties so he could get into the penalty box all by himself, and damned if he wouldn't, you know...
ES: Hacía faltas aposta para que le mandara al congelador, y no veas, él solito allí, ya sabes...
EN: Blue number 5 is remanded to the penalty box.
ES: El número 5 azul es remitido al área de penalización.
EN: Hölzenbein, that sly son of a bitch, defends the ball inside the penalty box, right 'til they knock him down! Then turnover!
ES: Neeskens mete gol de penalty.
EN: But-- he's not down! He wobbles and fumbles with the ball... right to the edge of the penalty box -- edges off the Dutchs with his rear, like this -- positioned his legs, like, like some crooked stilts or something, and then, with a great display of relish, he "Müller-d" the ball over the line.
ES: Pero, en realidad, tropieza, sino que se lleva el balón así... hasta que se planta ante la línea... y, entonces, se quita a dos holandeses de encima... se planta ahí con las piernas bien firmes, chuta... y el esférico... viaja tranquilamente hasta entrar en la portería.
EN: The penalty box is hockey's version of solitary confinement.
ES: El banco de penalización es la versión hockey del aislamiento.
EN: Right next to the penalty box so you could be near your old man.
ES: Junto al banquillo para estar cerca de tu padre.
EN: I'm out of the penalty box.
ES: Quiero salir del agujero.

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