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thread the needle
Language:
Meanings:
1.
Global
neutral
To pass a thread through the eye of a needle; to perform the literal sewing action of guiding a thread through a small opening.
2.
US
UK
Global
informal
neutral
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.
3.
US
Global
informal
To guide a vehicle, object, or person through a tight physical gap or corridor with careful control.
Examples:
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.
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.
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