spectator sport | Idiomator

Meaning: Asportingactivitywhich has a relatively high ratio ofwatcherstodirectparticipants.1953October 5, “Yonkers Doodle”, inTime:Today harness racing is a $430 million-a-year business, the fastest-growingspectator sportin the U.S.; (idiomatic)Something, especially a process or activity, which is apopularobject ofobservation; an activity which a personprefersto watch rather than to participate in.1977,Muriel Clara Bradbrook,My Cambridge,→ISBN,page120:Politics for me was strictly aspectator sport.2008January 6, David Randall, “Britney Spears, one-woman disaster zone, leaves hospital after two days”, inThe Independent, UK, retrieved 31 Aug. 2009:The singer Britney Spears, whose descent into a personal abyss has become a ghoulish worldwidespectator sport, yesterday left a Los Angeles hospital.; (idiomatic)An activity whichconsistsof watching or observing.2007June 1, Brian Dakss, “Expert Offers Basics On What Some Call Nation's No. 1Spectator Sport”, inCBS News, retrieved 31 Aug. 2009:Thompson, who's the digest's publisher, says bird watching is a hobby, a pastime and aspectator sportthat can be enjoyed anywhere.2008, Andrew Savva,Trisomy 13,→ISBN,page112:Rubbernecking is only aspectator sport.

Examples:

EN: "Two spectator sports suits, one spectator sport..."
ES: Dos abrigos de sport, un traje de sport.
EN: What would you consider... the greatest spectator sport in the country today?
ES: ¿Cuál consideras tú... el deporte más importante en el país hoy en día?
EN: But mostly with me, it's been a spectator sport.
ES: Pero para mí, mayormente, ha sido un deporte de espectador.
EN: Russ, it's... it's not a spectator sport. Oh...
ES: Russ, no es un deporte público.
EN: Oh, how very thoughtful of you. But I have never considered murder to be a spectator sport.
ES: Qué considerado de tu parte... pero nunca he considerado el asesinato un deporte para espectadores.
EN: Sex, to me, is not a spectator sport.
ES: Para mí el sexo no es un acto que se realiza con público.
EN: This is considered a spectator sport?
ES: ¿Esto es un deporte espectáculo?
EN: I think it's more a spectator sport.
ES: Creo que es un deporte de mirar.
EN: Democracy is not a spectator sport.
ES: La democracia no es un deporte espectáculo.
EN: What is this, a spectator sport or something?
ES: ¿Qué es esto? ¿Un deporte de masas o algo así?
EN: Mud wrestling is definitely a spectator sport.
ES: La lucha de lodo es definitivamente un deporte de espectadores.
EN: I didn't realize tutoring was a spectator sport.
ES: No sabía que el apoyo académico era ser espectador.
EN: Look, making out is not a spectator sport.
ES: Miren, besarse no es un deporte para espectadores.
EN: Yeah, if your girlfriend is into sex as a spectator sport.
ES: Sí, si a tu novia le gusta el sexo como espectadora.
EN: Balto! Racing is a spectator sport.
ES: Las carreras son un deporte digno de ver.

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