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tight ship
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General
idiomatic
informal
An organization or operation that is managed with strict discipline, strict standards, and efficient control.
To run a tight ship: to enforce rules and procedures rigorously to maintain order and effectiveness.
Examples:
EN:
Well, we gotta run a tight ship around here.
ES:
Bueno, tenemos muchas cosas que hacer aquí.
EN:
He's running a very tight ship today.
ES:
Está que echa humo por las orejas.
EN:
- It's a tight ship, Captain.
ES:
- Es una nave firme, Capitán.
EN:
Is it an officers' conference? Well, General Imbrie runs a tight ship, so we're all pretty tight.
ES:
El general Imbrie es muy eficiente, asÍ que todos estamos borrachos.
EN:
President Eisenhower's running a tight ship, with his hand steady on the helm.
ES:
El presidente Eisenhower prosigue su eficiente labor al mando del país.
EN:
I can see you run a pretty tight ship here all around.
ES:
Tienes un bonito local en esta zona.
EN:
Joey Zasa at least was running a tight ship, but with him out of the picture we must step in.
ES:
Zasa tenía todo bajo control. Con él fuera, debemos volver a entrar.
EN:
You can't run a tight ship without rules. Now move!
ES:
No se puede dirigir con rectitud un barco sin reglas. ¡Muévanse!
EN:
You run a tight ship, don't you?
ES:
Tienes mano firme, ¿no?
EN:
Run a very tight ship I do.
ES:
Comando un barco muy rígido.
EN:
Don runs a very tight ship.
ES:
Don maneja un negocio pequeño.
EN:
Seymour, you run a tight ship.
ES:
Seymour, todo bien.
EN:
You've always run a tight ship.
ES:
Siempre lleva la nave en orden.
EN:
Talk about a tight ship.
ES:
Podría ser.
EN:
We run a pretty tight ship here.
ES:
- Tenemos todo muy controlado.
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