sight to behold | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Somethingamazingorspectacular, or whensarcastic, somethinguglyorrevolting10 December 2010, Mike Selvey inThe Guardian Online,The Ashes 2010: The right approach and Steven Finn can be a Typhoon[1]A bowler in full stride off a long run-up is asight to behold, but shorter may prove better for the tall England seamer1914,L. Frank Baum, chapter 21, inTik-Tok of Oz:For Ann and her officers were indeed asight to behold. Her Majesty's clothing, once so rich and gorgeous, was now worn and torn into shreds by her long crawl through the tunnel, which, by the way, had led her directly into the Metal Forest.

Examples:

EN: A sight to behold! ,
ES: ¡Una señal a seguir!
EN: My friend, if she weren't a lovely sight to behold, she wouldn't be coming here for an evening with me. Oh?
ES: Amigo mío, si no fuera una bella visión que contemplar no vendría a pasar la noche conmigo.
EN: I bet it was a lovely sight to behold.
ES: Seguro que fue una linda vista.
EN: Oh.! It was a sight to behold.!
ES: El panorama era digno de ver.
EN: It was a sight to behold.
ES: Ha sido digno de ver.
EN: -You're a sight to behold!
ES: - Son algo hermoso de ver.
EN: What a sight to behold!
ES: ¡Qué bonito fue verla!
EN: Her grave? There's a sight to behold!
ES: ¡Hay que ver cómo tiene la tumba de su mujer!
EN: When she sets her poor old eyes on me in this store-bought hair, she'll be a shak'n and a shiver'n and a sight to behold!
ES: Cuando pose su mirada cansada sobre mis cabellos nuevos... se estremecerá por todo el cuerpo.
EN: I tell you. It was a sight to behold.
ES: Fue digno de ver.
EN: Because $100 is only $100... but rain in a dry season is a sight to behold.
ES: Porque 100$ son solo 100$, pero la lluvia en una temporada seca es digna de contemplar.
EN: A sight to behold!
ES: ¡Una vista para contemplar!
EN: For the cameraman, a sight to behold.
ES: Una imagen que los cámaras no olvidaran.
EN: When the sun hit her stirrups, she was a dazzling sight to behold.
ES: Cuando el sol hacía brillar sus estribos era un espectáculo digno de ver.
EN: It was a sight to behold!
ES: Eso fue realmente una obra de teatro.

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