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Traducción de "down the barrel" en español. por el cañón. en el cañón. bajo el cañón. con el cañón. través del cañón. largo del cañón. dentro del cañón. por el caño. debajo del barril. desde el estrado. Mostrar más. We might be staring down the barrel of a full-scale invasion. Podríamos estar mirando por el cañón de una invasión a gran escala.
to be facing a situation that is unpleasant or dangerous: The President is unlikely to act until he's staring down the barrel of a gun. Various countries are staring down the barrel of recession. The team is looking down the barrel of their seventh straight defeat.
looking down the barrel - Traducción al español – Linguee. Diccionario inglés-español. look down v — mirar hacia abajo v. ·. bajar la mirada v. ·. contemplar v. down adj — de abajo. ·. hacia abajo. ·. abatido adj m. ·. colgado adj m (informática) ·. bloqueado adj m (informática) ·. más barato adj m. ·. triste adj m/f. down adv — abajo adv. ·.
3 de jun. de 2022 · 1 Answer. Sorted by: 3. stare down the barrel of a gun. is the parent idiom. It refers to literally staring down the opening of a gun, and thus to have the gun pointed directly at the speaker, usually from close range, an obviously dangerous situation.
'down the barrel' is a correct and commonly used English phrase. It is often used to refer to something being done "head-on", with no hesitation or avoidance. For example, "I looked down the barrel of the situation and decided I had to take action".
"When you are staring down the barrel of something, you are faced with the pending danger of it happening. “Having gambled away his entire fortune, John was staring down the barrel of bankruptcy.” The word “danger” in the definition is significant.
To raise and point a gun at someone or something. (The "barrel" of a gun is the tube-shaped part from which the projectile is fired.) I don't know that I could look down the barrel and shoot another human being—I just don't think I could do it. See also: barrel, down, look.
