poetry in motion

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Fluid,gracefulmovement.[from mid 19th c.]1847, T[erence]M[cMahon]Hughes, chapter IX, inAn Overland Journey to Lisbon at the Close of 1846; with a Picture of the Actual State of Spain and Portugal.[...]In Two Volumes, volume II, London:Henry Colburn, publisher,[…],→OCLC,page132:If we must have male figures in the most conspicuous parts of ballets, they should be young men of light and agreeable figures. [...] But for the true realization ofpoetry in motion, the eye of the artist and true amateur requires the beautiful proportions of the female figure.1948July, Devon Francis, “The Inside Story of the New Ford”, in Perry Githens, editor,Popular Science Monthly, volume153, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Popular Science Publishing Company,→ISSN,→OCLC,page80:From the front of the hood to the tips of the tail lights [of the car], the lines, werepoetry in motion.2001,Megan McCafferty, “The Tenth”, inSloppy Firsts: A Novel, New York, N.Y.:Three Rivers Press,→ISBN,page16:He was jumping over hurdles. He was all smoothness and grace. He made it look easy—a sign of pure genius. OneTwoThreeAIR … OneTwoThreeAIR. I got so distracted by hispoetry in motionthat I wasn't ready when my track teammate Carrie P. came at me in a full-on sprint to hand off the baton. She crashed into me and I dropped it.; (idiomatic)Apersonorthingthatmovesin a particularly fluid, gracefulway.1960, Mike Anthony, Paul Kaufman, “Poetry in Motion”, performed byJohnny Tillotson:Poetry in motion, walkin' by my side / Her lovely locomotion keeps my eyes open wide /Poetry in motion, see her gentle sway / A wave out on the ocean could never move that way1982,Thomas Dolby, “She Blinded Me With Science”, inThe Golden Age Of Wireless:It'spoetry in motion/ And now she's making love to me / The spheres are in commotion1992, Shirley A. McNichols,Best in the West, Denver, Colo.: Pioneer Drama Service,→OCLC, act II, scene i,page27:TEDDY: I know what I like! Take Miss Hastings, for example. She'spoetry in motion. And her voice, like honey dripping off the comb. / HANNAH: Yeah, but can she shoot? / TEDDY: It doesn't matter. Real ladies don't need to shoot.2010, Chi Kang, Katherine Chou, “Horses”, in季康畫集[Chi Kang: Painting Collection], Taipei:國立歷史博物館[National Museum of History],→ISBN,page26, column 2:Above all else, Chi Kang loved to draw horses, proud creatures that transcended common crudeness. Chi Kang regarded horses as living art forms –poetry in motion; stunning, powerful and independent; capable of lifting humans to a higher standard beyond their own capabilities in movement and freedom.2015February 9, Robert Byron, “The Sixties”, inThe Dancing Man, Bloomington, Ind.:iUniverse,→ISBN,page94:His timing was perfect. He waspoetry in motion. He was the folk dancer equivalent to Barishnikov.[sic– meaningMikhail Baryshnikov]

Examples:

EN: - You have poetry in motion, sir.
ES: - ¡Un poeta en movimiento!
EN: You're poetry in motion.
ES: - Eres poesía en movimiento.
EN: You know that "stunt," as you put it? It was sheer poetry in motion, old buddy.
ES: Esa acrobacia, como tú la llamas fue pura poesía en movimiento, viejo amigo.
EN: Three years All-American, Rookie of the Year NFL, and when he gets that ball, he moves his black ass down the field, poetry in motion.
ES: Tres años en el Juego de las Estrellas, novato del año en la NFL... Y cuando coge la pelota... y mueve su culo negro por el campo, es poesía en movimiento.
EN: My, my, my, sheer poetry in motion.
ES: Vaya, es un poema en movimiento.
EN: It was poetry in motion. Thank you.
ES: Fue poesía en movimiento.
EN: That was... poetry in motion.
ES: Fue... poesía en movimiento.
EN: He's poetry in motion.
ES: Es poesíaenmovimiento.
EN: You're just poetry in motion, baby.
ES: Eres poesía en movimiento, nena.
EN: Basketball is like poetry in motion.
ES: El basquetbol es como poesía en movimiento.
EN: Dance is poetry in motion.
ES: El baile es poesía en movimiento.
ES: El baile es poesía en movimiento.
EN: It ain't poetry in motion.
ES: No es poesía en movimiento.
EN: Was that not poetry in motion?
ES: ¿No fue eso poesía en movimiento?
EN: ♪ That boy is poetry in motion ♪♪ This is really sickening.
ES: Qué asco.
EN: That was poetry in motion.
ES: Eso fue poesía en movimiento.

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