tried and tested: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKinternationalneutralformal
    • Proven to be reliable, effective, or safe through repeated use or examination.
    • Established by long or repeated practice and therefore trusted or endorsed.

    Examples

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    • This software is tried and tested, so you can rely on it for your daily tasks without worry.

      Este software está probado y comprobado, así que puedes confiar en él para tus tareas diarias sin preocupaciones.

    • The recipe has been tried and tested by generations of cooks to ensure perfect results every time.

      La receta ha sido probada y comprobada por generaciones de cocineros para garantizar resultados perfectos cada vez.

    • We only use tried and tested methods when it comes to patient care in our clinic.

      Solo utilizamos métodos probados y comprobados cuando se trata del cuidado de pacientes en nuestra clínica.

    • Before launching the product, the engineers ran a series of tried and tested experiments to validate its safety.

      Antes de lanzar el producto, los ingenieros realizaron una serie de experimentos probados y comprobados para validar su seguridad.

Examples:

  • EN: When Daniel spoke to Eve, he used the same tried and tested phrases that had for a long time served him as semaphores, guides or signposts of conversation, between which he threaded more spontaneous reflections, soaked, infected with the intelligence of his pre-prepared remarks.
    ES: Daniel decía a Eve las mismas cosas meditadas que desde hacía tiempo le servían de semáforos, guías, postes indicadores en la conversación y entre las cuales tejía las reflexiones espontáneas, empapadas, infectadas de la inteligencia de frases ya maduradas.
  • EN: Is that trick fully tried and tested?
    ES: ¿Es una prueba a mi astucia?
  • EN: - Thank you. They've been tried and tested.
    ES: Han superado toda clase de test.
  • EN: I have 200 men here, all tried and tested.
    ES: ¿Escolta?
  • EN: A tried and tested pick-me-up.
    ES: He probado e intentado levantarme.
  • EN: It's been tried and tested.
    ES: Se ha probado y analizado.
  • EN: They've been tried and tested.
    ES: Han sido probados y testados.
  • EN: But at least he's tried and tested. Now, we're making a million-dollar movie.
    ES: Vamos a hacer una película que cuesta un millón de dólares.
  • EN: It's a tried and tested remedy.
    ES: Es un remedio efectivo.
  • EN: The graveyards are full of your "tried and tested remedies."
    ES: Los cementerios están llenos de tus "remedios efectivos".
  • EN: Years of tried and tested double talk.
    ES: "También tenemos un polvo mágico que genera truenos, y troncos huecos que hacen tronar."
  • EN: Hold fast to that which we know and have learned to value - the natural order of things, tried and tested down the ages of man.
    ES: Agarrémonos a aquello que conocemos y hemos aprendido a valorar, el orden natural de las cosas, a prueba a lo largo de los siglos.
  • EN: ...tried and tested in the bureaucratic battlefield in Washington.
    ES: Lo pusimos a prueba en el campo de batalla burocrático de Washington.
  • EN: I was going through some of the old tried and tested routines.
    ES: - Sí. Le apliqué algunas de mis viejas tácticas.
  • EN: no. I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll use tried and tested methods.
    ES: No, usaremos métodos que ya se han utilizado.

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