set the bar | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To setspecificstandardsorexpectations.Synonym:put the bartoset the barhigh; toset the barlowSheset the barat an hour of exercise a day.2023May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:“I do feel like we should besetting the barhigher for review,” said one adviser, Dr. Amanda Cohn, the director of the division of birth defects and infant disorders at the C.D.C., adding that more data might help clarify questions about the effects on preterm birth.

Examples:

EN: - You can not, I have set the bar.
ES: - No puedes, he puesto la tranca.
EN: So we'll set the bar at 13 feet.
ES: Así que pondremos la barra a 13 pies.
EN: We're just a couple of dreamers who set the bar a little too high.
ES: Somos un par de soñadores que nos impusimos un ejemplo muy alto.
EN: He wined and dined her, set the bar for hot sex then dumped her for an Icelandic supermodel named Anka.
ES: La llevaba a cenar y a tomar tragos, le daba sexo ardiente y luego la dejó por Anka, una supermodelo islandesa.
EN: You should always set the bar as high as possible submit.
ES: Siempre debes aspirar lo más alto posible.
EN: Look, I think Cheryl really set the bar at the time, but you cannot deny that that audition was outstanding.
ES: Hola. - Hola, Paul. Sí-- - ¿Paul Reiser?
EN: I set the bar so high with the poems and the cards and that stupid frog.
ES: Elevé sus expectativas al darle esas tarjetas, esos poemas y esa estúpida rana.
EN: He helped set the bar up for the evening. And what time did you leave?
ES: Me ayudó a organizar la barra para la noche.
EN: I-If you set the bar too high, the fall might be...
ES: Si tus expectativas son demasiado altas, la caída puede ser...
EN: It set the bar for me on some level.
ES: Puso el listón a cierto nivel.
EN: -Thank you. -They set the bar so low.
ES: ... sabríanqueno tenía otra opción.
EN: -They set the bar so low.
ES: - Era difícil.
EN: You're talking to someone who set the bar for adolescent rebellion.
ES: Yo fui quien inspiró la rebelión adolescente.
EN: But you didn't exactly set the bar all that high.
ES: Pero no fijaste una meta muy alta, exactamente.
EN: You don't set the bar real high.
ES: No has puesto el listón muy alto.

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