rub off on | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,transitive,ofbehavior,beliefs, etc.)To beacquiredby ortransferredto (someone) as a result of regularexposure.The hippie way of life seems to haverubbed off onhim, as he's a flower power aficionado.1995,Nick Hornby,High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz,→ISBN,page19:I had hoped that if I went out with Jackie, then some of that elder-stateswoman dignity wouldrub off onme, but of course without Phil she didn't have any.2023October 11, David Yaffe-Bellany, Matthew Goldstein, J. Edward Moreno, “Caroline Ellison Says She and Sam Bankman-Fried Lied for Years”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:Over time, she explained, those beliefs startedrubbing off onher.

Examples:

EN: It won't rub off on his uniform.
ES: No le manchará el uniforme.
EN: Maybe it'll rub off on you. What's wrong with green hair?
ES: Puede ser contagioso.
EN: The dirt they're trying to clean up is bound to rub off on some, but not all.
ES: A veces les alcanza el fango que tratan de limpiar.
EN: I thought some of it would rub off on me.
ES: Creí que algo de eso se me pegaría.
EN: I wouldn't want any of that nobility to rub off on me.
ES: No quiero que se me pegue su nobleza.
EN: Some of it is bound to rub off on me. Hm.
ES: Desde luego que sí.
EN: Take it from me, some of it is bound to rub off on you.
ES: Con el tiempo, uno se contagia.
EN: Maybe some of it'll rub off on you.
ES: A lo mejor te sirve a ti también.
EN: I'm planning not to have any of my trouble rub off on you.
ES: Voy a evitar salpicaros con mis problemas.
EN: Malcolm got lucky and I thought, maybe some of it might rub off on me.
ES: Malcolm tuvo suerte y pensé: tal vez algo de eso se me contagie.
EN: Yes, I know why, you're licking his boots because you think some of that easy money will rub off on you.
ES: - Sí, sé por qué. Les lames las botas porque crees que parte de ese dinero fácil se te pegará.
EN: When I was kicked out of college, Dad gave up hoping... Mitch's qualities might rub off on me.
ES: Cuando me expulsaron de la universidad, papá se dio cuenta de que no se me iban a contagiar las virtudes de Mitch.
EN: Don't let life or death rub off on you, if this is what you wanna do.
ES: No dejes que la vida y la muerte caiga sobre ti, si quieres dedicarte a esto.
EN: General Mercier thinks it will rub off on him if one of his most placid officers, his pet, finds himself accused of treason.
ES: El general Mercier piensa que eso influiría sobre él si uno de sus plácidos oficiales, su animal de compañía, se encuentra acusado de traición.
EN: That way, it doesn't rub off on him.
ES: Así, no se contagia de ellos.

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