ride herd on | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic,US)Tosupervisea group of people and theirwork.As the new editor, his job is toride herd onthe staff and check on the tone of the articles.1981,John Updike,Rabbit is Rich:But Rabbit feels as though he owns it all, showing up at the showroom day after day,riding herd onthe paperwork and the payroll[…]

Examples:

EN: Why kind of cows do you ride herd on?
ES: - ¿Por qué las vacas se dirigen en manada?
EN: Well, I guess maybe with you around to ride herd on me, I'll make the grade.
ES: Creo que contigo cerca de mí, podré aprobar.
EN: You can't ride herd on the law no more.
ES: No puedes burlarte de la ley. ¿Me hablas a mí de la ley?
EN: But if I were you, I'd ride herd on Kochek.
ES: Pero si yo fuera usted, me pasaría a ver la manada de Kochek.
EN: She can ride herd on the remuda.
ES: Cuidará de él por el camino.
EN: Maybe you can ride herd on a bunch of poor, ignorant girls but not me.
ES: Quizá pueda manejar a un atajo de pobres chicas ignorantes pero no a mí.
EN: - Sorry, I gotta ride herd on this kid.
ES: - Lo siento, tengo que vigilar al niño.
EN: Let me ride herd on him, and I'll mold that son of a bitch into another Don Imus.
ES: Deje que le meta en vereda, y convertiré a ese hijo de perra en otro Don Imus.
EN: He has to ride herd on a dozen or so alien races... that have signed on to this alliance... and probably don't fully understand what's being required of them.
ES: Debe mantener unida a una docena o así de razas alienígenas... que se han unido a esta alianza... y que probablemente no entiendan completamente lo que se requiere de ellos.
EN: I've got two dozen agents to ride herd on all of them. You wanna help me?
ES: Y solo a dos docenas de agentes para vigilarles a todos.
EN: I hired you to ride herd on the athletic dorm.
ES: Te contraté para vigilar las residencias para deportistas.
EN: Now, go ride herd on that crowd and get 'em somewhere safe.
ES: Ahora vayan donde esa multitud y llévenlos a algún lugar seguro.
EN: You didn't have better things to do than to ride herd on that VIP case?
ES: ¿No tuvo nada mejor que hacer que controlar sus casos importantes?
EN: It was a trifecta of elements that Bob knew he couldn't get from the Disney Animation Department, so he turned to animation veteran Richard Williams to animate the movie in London, and Peter sent me to London to ride herd on the animation.
ES: Como fue un trío de elementos que Bob no obtendría en el Dpto. de Animación de Disney así que convocó al veterano de animación, Richard Williams para animar la película en Londres y Peter me envió a Londres para velar por la animación.
EN: They brought Sterling in to ride herd on you.
ES: Metieron a Sterling para arrearte.

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