en bandeja: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- Provided or presented to someone with great ease; handed to someone without effort, often implying an unfair or effortless advantage (equivalent to 'on a silver platter').
Examples
BetaEl triunfo le llegó en bandeja después de que sus rivales cometieran errores graves.
Victory came to him on a silver platter after his rivals made serious mistakes.
No esperaba que el cliente aceptara tan fácilmente, parecía que le dieron el contrato en bandeja.
I didn't expect the client to accept so easily; it seemed like they handed him the contract on a silver platter.
Los resultados del examen se le facilitaron en bandeja porque estudió mucho y con dedicación.
The exam results were handed to him on a silver platter because he studied a lot and with dedication.
- Placed on a tray; served on or carried on a tray (literal, non-idiomatic use).
Examples
BetaEl camarero sirvió el café en bandeja para evitar derrames al llevarlo a la mesa.
The waiter served the coffee on a tray to avoid spills when taking it to the table.
Coloca las copas en bandeja para que no se rompan al transportarlas al salón.
Place the glasses on the tray so they don't break when transporting them to the room.
La comida fue llevada en bandeja desde la cocina hasta el comedor principal.
The food was carried on a tray from the kitchen to the main dining room.
El pastel estaba presentado en bandeja decorada con flores comestibles.
The cake was presented on a tray decorated with edible flowers.
Examples:
- ES: ¿Por qué no le dais el puesto a Whitney en bandeja de oro?EN: Why don't you turn the governorship over to Whitney on a gold platter and be done with it?
- ES: Te lo pongo en bandeja.EN: That's a swell pan.
- ES: Ya se ganó al jurado y al juez. Le darán el caso en bandeja de plata.EN: She's got the jury and the judge under her arm.
- ES: Pidió mi cabeza en bandeja de plata.EN: I believe milady requested Cellini's head on a platter.
- ES: Has entregado la alcaldía al hombre de Tim Cronin en bandeja de plata.EN: You've handed the mayor's chair to Tim Cronin's man on a platter.
- ES: Michael se lo pone en bandeja y ella aprovecha la ocasión.EN: (LAUGHING) Michael puts it over the plate and she knocks it right out of the lot.
- ES: Acabas de entregarle tu corazón a ese tipo en bandeja de plata.EN: You've just handed your heart to this fellow on a silver platter.
- ES: La ciudad entera la acogerá con los brazos abiertos y le servirá todo lo que soñó en bandeja de plata.EN: The whole town will take you to its heart. You'll have everything you've ever dreamed of, you'll have it on a silver platter. You'll be like Aladdin with a magic lamp to rub.
- ES: Acaso pretende sugerir que el "Blackbird" se le entrego en bandeja?EN: Do you suggest by any chance that the Blackbird was thrown into your hands?
- ES: Le hemos ofrecido en bandeja de oro:EN: Nothing. We offer him, on a gold platter, wine, women and song.
- ES: Tu padre me lo puso en bandeja.EN: Father really put the words right into my mouth.
- ES: ¿No podríamos hacer que nos trajeran algo en bandeja como a los ejecutivos?EN: Couldn't we have some stuff brought in on trays, like big executives?
- ES: Que tengas lo que quieres, todo envuelto con una cinta y servido en bandeja.EN: I hope you get what you want all tied up with a ribbon and handed to you on a platter.
- ES: Te ponen en bandeja la elección.EN: Giving you the election?
- ES: Te otorgó una carrera en bandeja de plata.EN: He handed you a career on a silver platter.
- ES: Quería conseguir ofrecerte la luna en bandeja de oro.EN: I wanted to be able to offer you the moon on a golden platter.
- ES: Os lo pongo en bandeja, amigos.EN: I'm giving it to you straight, friends.
- ES: Si estoy equivocado, le entregaré a Davis en bandeja de plata.EN: If I'm wrong, I'll turn Davis over to you in a pair of ruby-studded handcuffs.
- ES: La vida nos la entrega en bandeja.EN: LIFE HANDS IT TO US ON A PLATTER.
- ES: Intento ahorrarle un año de su vida, sirviéndoselo en bandeja de plata.EN: I'm trying to save a year of your life, handing it to you on a silver platter.
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