stage of the game | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A point in the progress of an ongoing dispute or process.At thatstage of the gameit was too late for diplomacy.

Examples:

EN: It's those false death certificates. There's a lot of people in this town depending on me, John, and I don't intend to let myself get tripped up at this stage of the game.
ES: Hay mucha gente en esta ciudad que depende de mí, John, ...y no dejaré que me pongan la zancadilla en esta etapa del juego.
EN: We're not sure of at this stage of the game.
ES: No debemos estar con nadie de quien no nos fiemos.
EN: At this stage of the game?
ES: ¿A estas alturas del juego?
EN: That was stupid, Farrell, thinking I'd let you ruin me by talking at this stage of the game.
ES: Eso fue estúpido, Farrell, pensar que te permitiría arruinarme la vida, hablando en esta etapa del juego. - Sí.
EN: Well, at this stage of the game life gets to be a habit.
ES: Bueno, a esta altura del juego la vida se vuelve una costumbre.
EN: I don't plan on taking up sharecropping at this stage of the game.
ES: Y no busco un terreno de cultivo por cuenta ajena.
EN: But I refuse to be daunted at this stage of the game.
ES: Pero me niego a tirar tan pronto la toalla.
EN: I wouldn't think of deserting you at this stage of the game in any case.
ES: No es tan complicado ahora, ya lo sabes.
EN: I've got no big yen to run into anything anymore, not at this stage of the game.
ES: Ya no tengo muchas ganas de encontrarme con nada,... no a estas alturas del partido.
EN: At this stage of the game I don't see that .. Number of offers coming my way.
ES: A estas alturas... no veo que me hagan demasiadas ofertas.
EN: In this stage of the game this kinda thing makes a very lousy impression.
ES: En este tipo de asunto, esto causa muy mala impresión.
EN: I get like this at this stage of the game.
ES: Me pongo así al llegar a esta parte del partido.
EN: I don't know that it's very wise to get involved with an intelligent girlfriend at this stage of the game.
ES: No sé si es muy inteligente, involucrarse con una chica inteligente a estas alturas del partido.
EN: Well, we don't know who is responsible at this stage of the game.
ES: No sabemos quién es a esta altura del partido.
EN: Well, at this stage of the game, I'm not ...
ES: Bueno, en esta etapa del juego, No estoy...

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