thread the needle: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- To pass a thread through the eye of a needle; to perform the literal sewing action of guiding a thread through a small opening.
Examples
BetaGrandma showed me how to thread the needle carefully to avoid breaking the thread.
La abuela me mostró cómo enhebrar la aguja con cuidado para no romper el hilo.
I threaded the needle yesterday while fixing the tear in my jacket.
Enhebré la aguja ayer mientras reparaba el desgarro en mi chaqueta.
Could you please thread the needle with this red thread for the embroidery project?
¿Podrías enhebrar la aguja con este hilo rojo para el proyecto de bordado?
She was taught to thread the needle by her mother when she was just six years old.
Su madre le enseñó a enhebrar la aguja cuando tenía solo seis años.
- To carry out a task or maneuver that requires extreme precision by passing between two narrowly opposed obstacles or risks.
- To find or execute a very narrow, delicate solution or compromise that avoids failure or conflict.
Examples
BetaThe pilot had to thread the needle perfectly to land the plane between the two tall buildings.
El piloto tuvo que maniobrar con extrema precisión para aterrizar el avión entre los dos edificios altos.
Threading the needle in tight traffic requires great skill and patience.
Pasar entre el tráfico denso requiere gran habilidad y paciencia.
She managed to thread the needle by negotiating a deal that satisfied both parties without conflict.
Logró encontrar una solución delicada negociando un acuerdo que satisfizo a ambas partes sin conflicto.
- To guide a vehicle, object, or person through a tight physical gap or corridor with careful control.
Examples
BetaThe driver threaded the needle through the narrow mountain pass with expert control.
El conductor pasó con destreza por el estrecho paso montañoso con un control experto.
We had to thread the needle carefully to get the sofa through the tight doorway.
Tuvimos que maniobrar con cuidado para pasar el sofá por la puerta estrecha.
In her speech, she threaded the needle between addressing the concerns of both sides diplomatically.
En su discurso, ella manejó hábilmente las preocupaciones de ambas partes de manera diplomática.
Examples:
- EN: Wish I could thread the needle like that.ES: Quisiera poder lanzar así.
- EN: My God, I caught the hem on my heel, and I can't thread the needle because my hand is shaking.ES: He metido algo en el dobladillo. Y no puedo enhebrar la aguja, me tiemblan las manos.
- EN: - You're trying to thread the needle.ES: -Juegas con fuego.
- EN: You thread the needle, or we're dead.ES: - Bien.
- EN: Oh, I have seen you thread the needle a million times.ES: Oh, te he visto "enhebrar la aguja" millones de veces.
- EN: Don't make me thread the needle. Get off me!ES: - Quítate de encima, suéltame.
- EN: That's a pocket of smooth air squatting right over Kissimmee. We're gonna thread the needle.ES: Es una bolsa de aire tranquilo sobre Kissimmee.
- EN: They're gonna thread the needle through that cooler water.ES: Es como pasar por el ojo de una aguja con esa agua fría.
- EN: Saul, we will thread the needle, you and I.ES: Saul, tomaremos la aguja, tú y yo.
- EN: You always could thread the needle.ES: Siempre pudiste enhebrar la aguja.
- EN: and you're trying to thread the needle... but you can see that the eye of the needles's too small?ES: Y lo quieres enhebrar y y ves que... Y ves que por el ojo de la aguja no entra.
- EN: Tried to thread the needle on that.ES: Ya intenté por esa parte.
- EN: So thread the needle.ES: Así que toma las riendas.
- EN: Shut up. I have to thread the needle.ES: Tengo que enhebrar la aguja.
- EN: Now, all we have to do is thread the needle.ES: - Eliminación de un modo nosotros un camino.
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