swing and a miss | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,almost always preceded bya)Asincerebutunsuccessfulattempt.2005June 4,Michael Valpy, “Dutch, Belgians take gay marriage in stride”, inGlobe and Mail, Canada, retrieved11 January 2016:A letter arrived from then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican's enforcer of the faith, instructing him to behave as a Roman Catholic politician and vote No. . . . And, of course, Mr. Koopmans voted Yes on the legislation. . . . Aswing and a missfor Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI.2009November 24,Sam Sifton, “Dining and Wine: A Voce Columbus”, inNew York Times, retrieved11 January 2016:Beef carpaccio with walnuts, lemon and pecorino is aswing and a miss: almost flavorless.2012August 28,Chris Cillizza, “Republican National Convention night one: Winners and Losers”, inWashington Post, retrieved11 January 2016:In her defense, she's not ever been at this level of national politics before but Tuesday night's speech felt like aswing and a missfor Ayotte.

Examples:

EN: A swing and a miss. Hobbs misses.
ES: Hobbs falla el swing.
EN: Throw, swing and a miss!
ES: / Tira y falla!
EN: - A swing and a miss for the rookie.
ES: - Un intento y un fallo para la novata.
EN: He struck out with Heidi. - Oh, swing and a miss.
ES: - Oh, swing y una señorita.
EN: A swing and a miss.
ES: Batea, y falla.
EN: Actually, I think this one's a swing and a miss.
ES: Es genial, ¿no? De hecho, creo que no está bien lograda.
EN: And I already told you that cologne: swing and a miss.
ES: Ya te dije que ese perfume es una pelota fuera de la cancha.
EN: swing and a miss.
ES: Bambolear y señoritas.
EN: That's what we call a swing and a miss.
ES: A eso le llamamos un disparo al aire.
EN: swing and a miss, Webster. Next!
ES: Abanicó y falló, Webster. ¡Siguiente!
EN: Oh, big swing and a miss.
ES: Gran batazo, pero falla.
EN: - A swing and a miss.
ES: - Y falla.
EN: (whispers) one second. Once again, a giant swing and a miss for lucy bennett.
ES: un segundo una vez mas un gran bateo y una falla por lucy bennet
EN: Oh, swing and a miss!
ES: Oh, el swing y pierde una!
EN: First pitch, and it's a swing and a miss.
ES: Primer lanzamiento, y es un swing y falla.

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