shoot holes | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Find faults.1952, Hope Angel,Illinois Education - Volume 41, Illinois Education Association,page124:Anytime you want toshoot holesin our ideas, don't hesitate to do so.1960, California. Legislature. Assembly. Interim Committee on Constitutional Amendments,Digest of Testimony, The Committee,page 8:One by one, we canshoot holesthrough possible standards by which the Commission on Qualifications could evaluate nominees for the trial courts.2006, Janine Antoni,Shoot the Family, Independent Curators International,→ISBN:Many of the works in this exhibition alsoshoot holesin our conventional assumptions about family portraiture.

Examples:

EN: Let some other doctors with knowledge of the subject shoot holes in our findings. Then we can strengthen our defense.
ES: Que otros expertos en la materia hurguen en nuestros hallazgos, así fortaleceremos nuestra defensa.
EN: Maybe this will shoot holes in it.
ES: Quizás ahora podamos encontrar algo que se pasó por alto.
EN: My weapons might Look simple to you, Mr. Morton, but they can still shoot holes big enough for our Little problems.
ES: Mis armas podría parecer simple a usted, El Sr. Morton, pero aún puede disparar agujeros lo suficientemente grande para nuestros pequeños problemas.
EN: The only way I got to keep the Tigers busy is to let them shoot holes in me.
ES: La única forma de entretenerlos es dejar que me llenen de agujeros.
EN: All right. I mean, even if we can't shoot holes in the horse, but it might be possible with your...something else. I shan't be long.
ES: Bueno, yo, quiero decir, si no podemos... hacerle agujeros al caballo... puede ser posible, con su ayuda... algo más... fingirlo.
EN: Spears long or shoot holes in the tines he finds not a real man.
ES: Botes, lagartijas,... Los grillos en cuanto le ven, callan aterrorizados. Y en otoño no hay hoja que Ilegue al suelo sin un agujero en medio.
EN: Just a matter of time before someone's gonna shoot holes in yours!
ES: Es cuestión de tiempo para que alguien haga orificios en el tuyo.
EN: My weapons might look simple to you, Mr Morton, but they can still shoot holes big enough for our little problems.
ES: Mis armas le parecerán simples, pero hacen agujeros lo bastante grandes para resolver los problemas.
EN: We shoot holes in them and fill them with lead.
ES: Les llenamos de agujeros y los rellenamos de plomo.
EN: A good defense attorney could shoot holes through his testimony.
ES: Un buen abogado defensor podría agujerear su testimonio.
EN: and they shoot holes in ozones. Cool.
ES: Qué original.
EN: Because I can shoot holes in it.
ES: Porque te la puedo rebatir.
EN: You put your gun on a bench, a bell goes off, and you shoot holes in paper targets.
ES: Pones tu arma sobre un banco, suena una campana y disparas agujeros en blancos de papel.
EN: They'll shoot holes in these windows.
ES: Le dispararán a estas ventanas.
EN: You tell him to leave her alone or I'll shoot holes in him.
ES: Dígale que la deje en paz o haré agujeros en él.

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