thread the needle | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toperformatedioustaskwith extreme precision; to manage to findharmonyorstrike a balancebetweenconflictingforces,interests, etc.2010, James C. Foster,Bong Hits 4 Jesus: A Perfect Constitutional Storm in Alaska's Capital, University of Alaska Press, published2010,→ISBN,page215:Were I writing for the Court, I would seek tothread the needlebetween acknowledging Principal Morse's authority, on the one hand, while respecting student Frederick's rights, on the other.2021September 6, Zack Handlen, “Rick And Mortyends its fifth season looking for an escape hatch”, inAV Club‎[1]:It was likely any resolution was going to seem like an anti-climax, and I thought this revealthreaded the needlequite well.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:thread the needle.; (skydiving)To fly through anarrowgap; typically using awingsuit.

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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