tough love | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Thecompassionateuseofstringentdisciplinarymeasures, to attempt toimprovesomeone'sbehavior.1995April 12, Jane E. Brody, “Personal Health: Intervening with someone who drinks too much”, inNew York Times, retrieved6 April 2015:[H]e found himself surrounded by a circle of caring friends and relatives who told him one by one that they loved him but could not continue to live with him or be his friend the way he was. As one of his closest friends recalled, it was a show oftough love.2002August 19, Tim Padgett, Andrew Downie, “Bush's Lost Continent”, inTime, retrieved6 April 2015:[W]hen it came to Latin America's economic travails, Bush adhered to the principle oftough love: no more bailouts.2023January 2, Maureen O’Connor, “The Etiquette Guru Who Broke Up With a Boyfriend Over Text”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:And she offerstough love: “There are no ugly women in the world, just lazy ones,” she says during a “Mind Your Manners” hygiene lesson in which she instructs her students to smell their used dental floss to find out if they have bad breath.

Examples:

EN: I want men that are tough love to fight, fight to win, and would rather die than quit.
ES: Yo quiero hombres que son duros ame luchar, luche para ganar, y se moriría antes de abandonar.
EN: Is that tough love?
ES: ¿Estás dándome lecciones?
EN: It's time to take the tough out of tough love.
ES: Es hora de sacar lo severo del amor severo.
EN: - This is called tough love, Mary.
ES: - Esto se llama amor rudo.
EN: You know, you dished out a healthy dose of tough love.
ES: Me serviste una dosis de amor duro en el culo.
EN: Can't you take a little tough love?
ES: ¿No puedes aceptar un poco de rudo amor?
EN: You would never do anything to hurt him, but there is something called tough love, and he has to learn his lesson.
ES: Nunca harías nada para dañarlo, pero hay algo llamado amor duro, y él tiene que aprender su lección.
EN: But now it's time for a little tough love.
ES: Pero llegó la hora de emplear la disciplina.
EN: Without me, he wouldn't be wearing underpants! Have you ever heard of something called "tough love"?
ES: ¿has oido alguna vez algo llamado 'amor duro'?
EN: Let him learn a thing or two about tough love.
ES: Para que aprenda acerca del amor duro.
EN: This is some tough love, Linda.
ES: Esto es como un amor difícil, Linda.
EN: This week, Joey teaches Blossom a valuable lesson about tough love.
ES: Esta semana, Joey le da a Blossom una valiosa lección sobre amor serio.
EN: You did everything just right-- including a little bit of, uh, tough love.
ES: Hiciste todo bien. Incluso un poco de... amor rudo.
EN: We stress tough love- daily chores and the like.
ES: Hacemos énfasis en el amor duro, tareas cotidianas y cosas así.
EN: Dad, can I give you some tough love?
ES: Papá, ¿puedo darte un poco de amor duro?

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