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smoking gun
Language:
Meanings:
1.
global
neutral
A firearm that has just been fired and is therefore still emitting smoke; literal evidence that the weapon was recently discharged.
2.
global
formal
informal
Conclusive or decisive evidence that proves someone's guilt or confirms a theory beyond reasonable doubt.
An incontrovertible piece of proof that directly links a person to a wrongdoing or event.
Examples:
EN:
I've known killers caught with a smoking gun, brazenly refusing... to admit their crime, but this one beats all.
ES:
He conocido asesinos negar un crimen pillados con una pistola humeante, Pero esta los supera a todos.
EN:
As long as you're not at the scene of the crime with a smoking gun in your hand, you'll get away with it.
ES:
Con tal de que no estés en la escena del crimen con una arma que humea en tu mano, te sales.
EN:
- What you need is a smoking gun.
ES:
Lo que necesitas es una pistola cargada.
EN:
- What I need is a werewolf holding a smoking gun.
ES:
Un hombre lobo no muere con una pistola.
EN:
We're talking getting caught with a smoking gun in your hand.
ES:
Se trata de que te descubran con una pistola humeante en mano.
EN:
I want a smoking gun. I want it in somebody's hand.
ES:
Quiero un revólver humeante, y una mano que lo sostenga.
EN:
A hunter with a smoking gun between his legs is satire?
ES:
¿Un cazador con un arma entre las piernas es sátira?
EN:
Your prints all over a smoking gun..
ES:
Tus huellas cubren una pistola caliente.
EN:
- This is the smoking gun. He's going down.
ES:
- Con esto se va a hundir.
EN:
Always think you have a smoking gun, till the smoke blows in your face.
ES:
Siempre crees tener un as en la manga hasta que das vuelta la carta y ves otra cosa.
EN:
That's about as close to a smoking gun as you can get.
ES:
Es lo más parecido que hay a un arma humeante.
EN:
There will be no smoking gun.
ES:
Lo que yo he hecho no se puede probar.
EN:
because I am the smoking gun. Now. relax. lt's all working.
ES:
No habrá arma del delito, porque yo soy el arma del delito.
EN:
You've been out here all weekend looking for a smoking gun.
ES:
Estuvieron buscando una prueba irrefutable.
EN:
The cops will find you with a smoking gun.
ES:
La policía te pillará con las manos en la masa.
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