Dec 21, 2022 04:51
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irse de las manos
Spanish to English
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Buenas noches,
Ustedes podrían ayudarme a traducir la expressión "irse de las manos" en la siguiente oración, por favor?
Oración: "Juan caminaba por el pasillo y apenas se sostenía de las paredes que se le iban de las manos como espejismos lejanos".
Contexto: esta oración se encuentra en cuento que trata sobre viejos amigos que realizan una fiesta para reecontrarse nuevamente después de la universidad. Juan se encuentra borracho y apenas puede sostenerse.
Muchas gracias
Ustedes podrían ayudarme a traducir la expressión "irse de las manos" en la siguiente oración, por favor?
Oración: "Juan caminaba por el pasillo y apenas se sostenía de las paredes que se le iban de las manos como espejismos lejanos".
Contexto: esta oración se encuentra en cuento que trata sobre viejos amigos que realizan una fiesta para reecontrarse nuevamente después de la universidad. Juan se encuentra borracho y apenas puede sostenerse.
Muchas gracias
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | slip away/get out of hand |
O G V
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| 2 +1 | dissolving in his hands ("the walls were dissolving in his hands like distant mirages") |
William Hepner
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Proposed translations
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slip away/get out of hand
barely holding on to the walls that were slipping away/getting out of hand from him like distant mirages.
una más literal, otra más libre
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Note added at 1 hr (2022-12-21 06:12:38 GMT)
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https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/irse-de-las-manos.37...
It's getting out of hand
to become difficult to control: It was the end of term and the children were getting a little out of hand. Want to learn more?hace 7 días
get out of hand | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionaryhttps://dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › get-o...
Search for: It's getting out of hand
Información sobre los fragmentos destacados
things get out of hand | English examples in context - Ludwighttps://ludwig.guru › things+get+out+of+hand
Sentence examples for things get out of hand from inspiring English sources ; "They cannot let · there. 1 ; And if ·, call the police. 2 ; "We can't let ·," he said ...
get out of hand | English examples in context - Ludwig.guruhttps://ludwig.guru › get+out+of+hand
Sentence examples for get out of hand from inspiring English sources. RELATED ( 10 ). go out of hand · get out of proportion · is out of hand.
Preguntas relacionadas
Where did the phrase get out of hand come from?
Es también particularmente importante cuando una situación tensa amenaza con irse de las manos. eur-lex.europa.eu
It is also particularly important where a tense situation threatens to get out of hand. eur-lex.europa.eu
En particular, el sector financiero de EE.UU. parece irse de las manos y no ser capaz de controlarse a sí mismo. adminex.com
Particularly the US financial sector seems to get out of hand and is not able to control itself. adminex.com
sendos kudozitos con irse (salirse) de las manos y to slip
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/business-comme...
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/business-comme...
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/espanol-ingl...
irse de las manos
escapar una cosa del control de una persona
to get out of hand/control
El problema se nos fue de las manos.
The problem got out of hand.
Reconoció que el asunto se le había ido de las manos y escapaba ya de su control.
15 expresiones idiomáticas – La palabra 'HAND'https://online-school.cambridge-house.com › 15-expres...
En tu clase de inglés en Online with Cambridge House, vas a practicar todas las habilidades para llegar ... Out of hand – irse de las manos, incontrolable.
"that were slipping away from"
Netanyahu addresses Congresshttps://fmep.org › media › reading
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4 mar 2015 — “Netanyahu didn't offer any new thinking on Iran, but he might have succeeded in regaining control over elections that were slipping away from ...
'Undroppable' Marouane Fellaini Has Become Symbol of ...https://bleacherreport.com › articles
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3 abr 2015 — On more than one occasion, the manager turned to Fellaini to change the flow of games that were slipping away from United—most notably ...
The Ascending Heart - Reconstructing Judaismhttps://www.reconstructingjudaism.org › ...
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... Jacob Culi at the beginning of the 18th century to re-educate large segments of the Jewish community of Turkey that were slipping away from Judaism.
Netanyahu's Congress speech: An election stunt, after allhttps://www.972mag.com › netany...
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3 mar 2015 — ... but he might have succeeded in regaining control over elections that were slipping away from him Ever since Speaker of the House John ...
Middle East Notes, special edition: Netanyahu addresses ...https://maryknollogc.org › article
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3 mar 2015 — ... but he might have succeeded in regaining control over elections that were slipping away from him,” writes Noam Sheizaf.
Nelson author looking for publisher of New Zealand's 100 ...https://www.stuff.co.nz › news
·
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15 feb 2018 — "I really felt like she was making a personal sacrifice to capture moments in history that were slipping away from us as society.
With epic Brisbane victory, Indian cricket team win series ...https://frontline.thehindu.com › arti...
Traducir esta página
19 ene 2021 — Commentators noted that Australia, in sessions that were slipping away from them, resorted to short-pitched bowling targeted at the body, ...
European Bank Deposits Tell a Tale of Euro Uncertaintyhttps://www.nytimes.com › business
·
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31 may 2012 — But even when national borrowing rates were falling early this year, the amounts of bank deposits that were slipping away from peripheral ...
The Comics Journal No. 263, October/November 2004https://www.tcj.com › tcj-archive
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Kurtzman I think saw in Elder qualities that were slipping away from him. Both men were upwardly mobile, in the sense that they started out on the bottom ...
una más literal, otra más libre
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2022-12-21 06:12:38 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/irse-de-las-manos.37...
It's getting out of hand
to become difficult to control: It was the end of term and the children were getting a little out of hand. Want to learn more?hace 7 días
get out of hand | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionaryhttps://dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › get-o...
Search for: It's getting out of hand
Información sobre los fragmentos destacados
things get out of hand | English examples in context - Ludwighttps://ludwig.guru › things+get+out+of+hand
Sentence examples for things get out of hand from inspiring English sources ; "They cannot let · there. 1 ; And if ·, call the police. 2 ; "We can't let ·," he said ...
get out of hand | English examples in context - Ludwig.guruhttps://ludwig.guru › get+out+of+hand
Sentence examples for get out of hand from inspiring English sources. RELATED ( 10 ). go out of hand · get out of proportion · is out of hand.
Preguntas relacionadas
Where did the phrase get out of hand come from?
Es también particularmente importante cuando una situación tensa amenaza con irse de las manos. eur-lex.europa.eu
It is also particularly important where a tense situation threatens to get out of hand. eur-lex.europa.eu
En particular, el sector financiero de EE.UU. parece irse de las manos y no ser capaz de controlarse a sí mismo. adminex.com
Particularly the US financial sector seems to get out of hand and is not able to control itself. adminex.com
sendos kudozitos con irse (salirse) de las manos y to slip
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/business-comme...
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/business-comme...
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/espanol-ingl...
irse de las manos
escapar una cosa del control de una persona
to get out of hand/control
El problema se nos fue de las manos.
The problem got out of hand.
Reconoció que el asunto se le había ido de las manos y escapaba ya de su control.
15 expresiones idiomáticas – La palabra 'HAND'https://online-school.cambridge-house.com › 15-expres...
En tu clase de inglés en Online with Cambridge House, vas a practicar todas las habilidades para llegar ... Out of hand – irse de las manos, incontrolable.
"that were slipping away from"
Netanyahu addresses Congresshttps://fmep.org › media › reading
Traducir esta página
4 mar 2015 — “Netanyahu didn't offer any new thinking on Iran, but he might have succeeded in regaining control over elections that were slipping away from ...
'Undroppable' Marouane Fellaini Has Become Symbol of ...https://bleacherreport.com › articles
Traducir esta página
3 abr 2015 — On more than one occasion, the manager turned to Fellaini to change the flow of games that were slipping away from United—most notably ...
The Ascending Heart - Reconstructing Judaismhttps://www.reconstructingjudaism.org › ...
Traducir esta página
... Jacob Culi at the beginning of the 18th century to re-educate large segments of the Jewish community of Turkey that were slipping away from Judaism.
Netanyahu's Congress speech: An election stunt, after allhttps://www.972mag.com › netany...
Traducir esta página
3 mar 2015 — ... but he might have succeeded in regaining control over elections that were slipping away from him Ever since Speaker of the House John ...
Middle East Notes, special edition: Netanyahu addresses ...https://maryknollogc.org › article
Traducir esta página
3 mar 2015 — ... but he might have succeeded in regaining control over elections that were slipping away from him,” writes Noam Sheizaf.
Nelson author looking for publisher of New Zealand's 100 ...https://www.stuff.co.nz › news
·
Traducir esta página
15 feb 2018 — "I really felt like she was making a personal sacrifice to capture moments in history that were slipping away from us as society.
With epic Brisbane victory, Indian cricket team win series ...https://frontline.thehindu.com › arti...
Traducir esta página
19 ene 2021 — Commentators noted that Australia, in sessions that were slipping away from them, resorted to short-pitched bowling targeted at the body, ...
European Bank Deposits Tell a Tale of Euro Uncertaintyhttps://www.nytimes.com › business
·
Traducir esta página
31 may 2012 — But even when national borrowing rates were falling early this year, the amounts of bank deposits that were slipping away from peripheral ...
The Comics Journal No. 263, October/November 2004https://www.tcj.com › tcj-archive
Traducir esta página
Kurtzman I think saw in Elder qualities that were slipping away from him. Both men were upwardly mobile, in the sense that they started out on the bottom ...
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Comment: "Thank you!! "
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49 mins
William Hepner
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Marketing and Communications
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English
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dissolving in his hands ("the walls were dissolving in his hands like distant mirages")
This is the best I could come up with. I think it's idiomatic and inexact, and of course other options are more than welcome.
Definition of dissolve (one relevant sense): "to cause to fade in or out in a dissolve"
I think this could also be apt for the simile, which has to do with mirages/deserts/illusory imagery
Definition of dissolve (one relevant sense): "to cause to fade in or out in a dissolve"
I think this could also be apt for the simile, which has to do with mirages/deserts/illusory imagery
Example sentence:
to cause to fade in or out in a dissolve
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