Meter in english

To put

pronunciation: tupʊt part of speech: none

In gestures

meterse = meddle (in/with) ; lodge ; get + Posesivo + feet wet ; get in.

Example: It also can give the impression that Finland is meddling in the internal affairs of other nations.Example: A bullet had passed through her cheek and nose and lodged in the back of her head at the base of her spine.Example: Coming clean to voters is something she's gonna have to get used to if she is really serious about getting her feet wet in elected politics.Example: It is advisable to cover your Wellington boots with a lid so that spiders can't get in.

meter = pack up ; embroil ; sandwich ; dip ; shove ; bung + Nombe + in ; put in ; take in ; thrust + Nombre + inside/in/into.

Example: Unless the distance was short, the books travelled in sheets, unbound, packed up in chests or barrels.Example: By the time the weeding was finished in Nov 86, the Society had become embroiled in a major controversy over the handling of this project.Example: The paper that is to be examined is simply sandwiched between a sheet of Perspex impregnated with carbon-14 and an unexposed photographic film, and left in the dark for a few hours.Example: Two sheets were made each time the two-sheet mould was dipped by the maker into the vat, and they were turned out together on to a single felt by the coucher.Example: Meanwhile the journeymen, who had just gone to bed, hearing the row quickly got up again, came downstairs and then shoved me out of the door.Example: Instead of bunging it in the washing machine, clean it carefully by hand using lukewarm water.Example: For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.Example: Don't worry about it being too loose around your waist, have a someone take the shirt in where it is too baggy.Example: If the food has its own packaging, read the instructions carefully before thrusting it inside the microwave.

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» a todo meter = full steam ahead ; at full stretch ; at full speed ; at full blast ; at top speed ; at full throttle ; full speed ahead .

Example: The article 'Full steam ahead' describes the implementation of optical disc based imaging system at the photographic library of the National Railway Museum in York.

Example: Gloucestershire has been badly affected by heavy rain, with the fire and rescue service working at full stretch.

Example: A train cruising at full speed hit an excavator that had backed up onto the track.

Example: With every air-conditioner running at full blast, the city's creaky infrastructure is often stretched beyond the breaking point.

Example: Loosing control at top speed on a highway full of cars, these guys where lucky they recovered without hitting any cars.

Example: For the past three it has been operating at full throttle.

Example: We are full speed ahead, we are hoping to continue the good work that we have started.

» avanzar a todo meter = go (on) + full steam ahead ; carry on + full steam ahead .

Example: They are part of those who want to see the war on drugs go full steam ahead, regardless of the consequences to non-violent offenders.

Example: The rest of the world will carry on full steam ahead irrespective of who you are in this world, only a handfull of people will feel genuine loss if this had to happen.

» ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! [Palabras de uno de los personajes de Walter Scott que hoy día se utiliza como cita] .

Example: O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to retrieve...

» meterse en todo el mogollón = be in the thick of it .

Example: I'm in the thick of it, as they say, and honestly have no idea how long this struggle will continue or how and when it will be resolved.

» lograr meter la cabeza = get + a foot in the door ; have + a foot in the door .

Example: If you're not afraid to do dishes for a while and show interest in what the kitchen is doing that would be a good way to get a foot in the door too.

Example: And whoever makes it to the end, will have a foot in the door into the entertainment industry.

» meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw + Nombre + in at the deep end .

Example: The article is entitled 'User education in a college library; observations of one thrown in at the deep end!'.

» meter a Alguien en chirona = put + Nombre + behind bars .

Example: A 92-year-old woman has been put behind bars for sitting on her front porch shouting abuse at passers-by.

» meter a Alguien en la cárcel = put + Nombre + behind bars .

Example: A 92-year-old woman has been put behind bars for sitting on her front porch shouting abuse at passers-by.

» meter a Alguien en prisión = put + Nombre + behind bars .

Example: A 92-year-old woman has been put behind bars for sitting on her front porch shouting abuse at passers-by.

» meter a Alguien en problemas = get + Nombre + in(to) trouble .

Example: I think the difficulty most parents have is with tendency for kids to "tattletale" in a whiny voice, with the clear intent to try to get another child in trouble.

» meter a la fuerza = ram + Nombre + down + Posesivo + throat ; force + Nombre + down + Posesivo + throat ; prise + Nombre + into .

Example: I don't mind people being gay, just don't ram it down my throat.

Example: If you're trying to convince people of something the last thing you want to do is force it down their throats.

Example: These are the people and characters I wanted to add to my book, but couldn't quite prise them into my story without going off point.

» meter a la fuerza de un modo desordenado = stuff .

Example: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

» meter a los delincuentes en chirona = put + criminals behind bars .

Example: But putting criminals behind bars gave us all a purpose and made us feel better about ourselves.

» meter a los delincuentes en la cárcel = put + criminals behind bars .

Example: But putting criminals behind bars gave us all a purpose and made us feel better about ourselves.

» meter a los delincuentes en prisión = put + criminals behind bars .

Example: But putting criminals behind bars gave us all a purpose and made us feel better about ourselves.

» meter a presión = wedge .

Example: A special form of woodcut initial, common from the mid sixteenth to the mid eighteenth century, was the factotum, a square ornamental block with a hole through the middle into which a piece of type could be wedged, one block thus serving for any initial letter.

» meter baza = butt in ; get + Posesivo + oar in ; stick + Posesivo + oar in ; shove + Posesivo + oar in ; put + Posesivo + oar in .

Example: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.

Example: Now Cherie Blair is getting her oar in and has criticised women who give up their career when they have children, labelling them unambitious .

Example: She's constantly sticking her oar in trying to fix problems but she seems to make things worse.

Example: He shoved his oar in, accusing Mike of being the 'figurehead on the ship rather than the captain'.

Example: Set in the 1950s, this novel explores what happens when a single girl falls for a charmer, and what happens when a scheming mother puts her oar in.

» meter bulla = make + a racket ; rush ; rattle + Posesivo + dags [Término coloquial usado en Australia y Nueva Zelanda] ; get + a wiggle on ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; kick up + a row ; get + a move on ; hit + the roof ; kick up + a storm ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; raise + the roof ; make + a to-do ; make + a hullabaloo ; raise + a hullabaloo ; hurry + Nombre + up ; hurry + Nombre + along ; raise + a ruckus ; rush along ; kick up + a shindy .

Example: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.

Example: The computer can be a great boon to cataloging, but I don't think that we should rush at it in an overly simplistic way.

Example: We were often told to 'rattle our dags' as kids when we were getting ready to go out somewhere.

Example: The commission asked the legislators to get a wiggle on, start making changes now.

Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.

Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.

Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

Example: If they want this finished by Autumn 2009 they are going to have to a get a move on, so hopefully they will swing into action pretty soon.

Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened.

Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon.

Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that.

Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it.

Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to.

Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report.

Example: She must be mad to make a to-do about such trifling matters.

Example: These people are usually quiet and modest -- they don't make a hullabaloo or announce themselves to the world and demand trophies.

Example: He would steal from the hawkers just for the devil of it, raising a hullabaloo in the dense, crowded streets.

Example: We were racing against the clock, and I was hurrying her up the stairs to reach the roof of the high rise.

Example: We were both running behind schedule, and it was my job to hurry her along.

Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into.

Example: The slogan 'Easy Does It' is one way we remind each other that many of us have tendencies at times to overdo things, to rush heedlessly along, impatient with anything that slows us down.

Example: They kids were pushing chairs around, screaming ... and generally kicking up a shindy.

» meter cisco = make + trouble .

Example: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.

» meter con dificultad = squeeze in/into .

Example: Indeed, one problem in trying to write within the length agreed with my publisher has been deciding what can be squeezed in and what must be left out.

» meter con un calzador = shoehorn .

Example: We should not expect faculty to shoehorn their approaches into a technical developer's ideas of what is valuable or the correct pedagogical approach.

» meter de ancho = take in [Usado principalmente para la ropa] .

Example: Don't worry about it being too loose around your waist, have a someone take the shirt in where it is too baggy.

» meter de largo = take up [Usado generalmente para la ropa] .

Example: If you are shorter or have very nice toned legs without veins, scars or dark hair, I say take the skirt up a few inches if you want.

» meter el dedo en la llaga = twist + the knife (in the wound) ; turn + the knife (in the wound) .

Example: My ex twisted the knife by attempting to marry his girlfriend on our wedding anniversary date only three days after our divorce was final.

Example: Three years after ending Australia's golden age, the Kiwis turned the knife by taking the World Cup off the Australians.

» meter el dobladillo = hem .

Example: Young girls in the nineteenth century often learned to sew by hemming squares of cloth for handkerchiefs.

» meter el estómago = hold + Posesivo + stomach in .

Example: The action of holding your stomach in works your abdominal muscles and helps you have a flatter stomach.

» meter el lobo en el redil = set + the cat among the pigeons ; put + the cat among the pigeons ; stir up + a hornet's nest ; raise + Cain ; raise + hell .

Example: There is a new book just coming out that promises to set the cat among the pigeons on the Shakespeare scene.

Example: Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control.

Example: They feared its theme of anti-Semitism would simply stir up a hornet's nest and preferred to deal with the problem quietly.

Example: Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding.

Example: American progressives have in recent decades gotten too shy, or too afraid, to raise hell about injustice and unfairness.

» meter en = cram into ; tuck + Nombre + in(to) .

Example: It contains about as much information as it is possible to cram into a single liftable volume, without recourse to microprint or CD-ROM = Contiene tanta información como es posible meter en un único volumen de fácil manejo sin tener que recurrir a la microimpresión o al CD-ROM.

Example: Typically green, the Robin Hood hat also features an upturned brim with a feather tucked into it.

» meter en bolsas = bag .

Example: The lessons included: reading help wanted ads, following directions, asking for advice, bagging groceries, teaching someone, decision making, and helping others.

» meter en cajas = box .

Example: He cleared out his closet in an hour, folding clothes and loading them into plastic bags before boxing them.

» meter en ceja y ceja = get + Nombre + into + Posesivo + head .

Example: Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.

» meter en chirona = jail [gaol, -UK] ; gaol [jail, -USA] ; slam + Alguien + in jail ; put + Alguien + in jail ; throw + Alguien + in jail .

Example: In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.

Example: He has been gaoled for 16 years for terrorism and child pornography offences.

Example: Lindsay is in need of serious medical detox and this is why they didn't want to just slam her in jail.

Example: Putting her in jail only makes the problem worse and uses up more tax payer money.

Example: If the judge believes she has violated the deal, he can throw her in jail for 90 days.

» meter en la cabeza = get + Nombre + into + Posesivo + head .

Example: Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.

» meter en la cárcel = imprison ; jail [gaol, -UK] ; send up ; send up + the river ; send away ; gaol [jail, -USA] ; throw + Alguien + in jail ; put + Alguien + in jail ; slam + Alguien + in jail ; go to + prison ; go to + jail [La palabra jail también se escribe gaol, principalmente en inglés de influencia británica] ; go to + gaol [La palabra gaol también se escribe jail, principalmente en inglés de influencia norteamericana] .

Example: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.

Example: In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.

Example: And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.

Example: Friday the twerp who undertook the attempt to defraud countless around the nation was sent up the river.

Example: The kingpin of Columbus cocaine and marijuana biz has been sent away for 30 years -- He'll be 65 when he retires from prison.

Example: He has been gaoled for 16 years for terrorism and child pornography offences.

Example: If the judge believes she has violated the deal, he can throw her in jail for 90 days.

Example: Putting her in jail only makes the problem worse and uses up more tax payer money.

Example: Lindsay is in need of serious medical detox and this is why they didn't want to just slam her in jail.

Example: When a parent goes to prison, it can have a devastating effect on the family that are left behind to cope with the aftermath.

Example: This is a great book for children who have to deal with parents going to jail.

Example: Most of us spend our lives doing the right thing to avoid going to gaol.

» meter en la mollera = get + Nombre + into + Posesivo + head .

Example: Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.

» meter en prisión = throw + Alguien + in jail ; put + Alguien + in jail ; slam + Alguien + in jail .

Example: If the judge believes she has violated the deal, he can throw her in jail for 90 days.

Example: Putting her in jail only makes the problem worse and uses up more tax payer money.

Example: Lindsay is in need of serious medical detox and this is why they didn't want to just slam her in jail.

» meter en razón = speak + sense into ; talk + sense into .

Example: And the news coverage of the girl named Katrina Kivi, who'd risked her neck to speak sense into a crowd of angry students, had just begun.

Example: You cannot talk sense into someone who is willing to do that to you.

» meter en una bolsa = pouch .

Example: Jewelry made from serpentine should be protected by pouching it in cloth or velvet before storing it with other jewelry.

» meter en una jaula = cage .

Example: Librarians can be caged too tightly in restrictive management structures, whereas rapid development is going ahead in less restricted contexts.

» meter en un cubo = bucket .

Example: This blueberry jam is bursting with tiny, whole berries, reviving memories of picking blueberries with loved ones and eating more than we bucketed.

» meterese con = get + teased .

Example: I constantly get teased for wearing armbands when I go swimming with people in my school.

» meterla = dip + Posesivo + wick [Referido a la penetración del órgano sexual del hombre ] .

Example: He's just another married man that likes to dip his wick elsewhere.

» meter la cabeza = get + a foot in the door ; have + a foot in the door .

Example: If you're not afraid to do dishes for a while and show interest in what the kitchen is doing that would be a good way to get a foot in the door too.

Example: And whoever makes it to the end, will have a foot in the door into the entertainment industry.

» meter (la) cuchara = get in on + the act .

Example: And it's not just Amazon, other retailers are getting in on the act with massive sales today.

» meterla en caliente = dip + Posesivo + wick [Referido a la penetración del órgano sexual del hombre ] .

Example: He's just another married man that likes to dip his wick elsewhere.

» meter la nariz en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in .

Example: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

» meter la pata = bark up + the wrong tree ; be caught out ; put + Posesivo + foot in it ; put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth ; shoot + Reflexivo + in the foot ; stick + Posesivo + foot in it ; screw up ; make + a bloomer ; slip up ; make + a blunder ; drop + a clanger ; drop + a bollock ; blunder ; muck up ; goof up ; fuck up ; eff up [Eufemismo de fuck up] ; flub ; blow it (all sky high) ; foul up ; muff ; cock up ; botch up ; mess up .

Example: The article 'Barking up the wrong tree' argues that the belief, by many book publishers, that they can use the Internet to bypass booksellers and sell their books direct to purchasers, is fallacious.

Example: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.

Example: She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.

Example: She put her foot in her mouth when she asked a fat woman who was not pregnant when her baby was due.

Example: In other words, we have become our worst enemy, continually shooting ourselves in the foot.

Example: She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.

Example: Although we're lucky to have them, eager beavers can screw up if you give them the opportunity.

Example: He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.

Example: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.

Example: Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.

Example: After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.

Example: But we are all only human and I have recently 'dropped a bollock' as we English say.

Example: Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.

Example: Oh, well, at least try to keep it as simple as one can without mucking it up.

Example: The initial thing you need to do is acknowledge that you goofed up -- don't make excuses for it and don't try to obscure it up.

Example: They don't even have the balls to admit they fucked up big time!.

Example: What has Obama done to eff up my country today?.

Example: He's the son of a vice president perhaps best known for enduring ridicule after he flubbed the spelling of the word 'potato'.

Example: I thought that I had everybody on my side, but I went and blew it all sky high.

Example: So they aren't going to be able to teach it to them and those bastards will go on fouling up, making blunderers out of people who will then be turned loose to convince more generations of people that math is terrible stuff.

Example: I've had my chance and I've muffed it.

Example: They've got builders in rather than restorers and, as we say around here, they've cocked it up.

Example: To make matters worse, the owner tried to amputate his paws himself, botching it up in the process and leaving Brutus barely able to walk.

Example: I'm scared that somehow I will mess it up.

» meter las manos en todos = have + a finger in every pie .

Example: Now with a whole spectrum of collaborative projects, they seem to have a finger in every pie.

» meter las narices = butt in ; get + Posesivo + oar in ; stick + Posesivo + oar in ; shove + Posesivo + oar in ; put + Posesivo + oar in .

Example: Now Cherie Blair is getting her oar in and has criticised women who give up their career when they have children, labelling them unambitious .

Example: She's constantly sticking her oar in trying to fix problems but she seems to make things worse.

Example: He shoved his oar in, accusing Mike of being the 'figurehead on the ship rather than the captain'.

Example: Set in the 1950s, this novel explores what happens when a single girl falls for a charmer, and what happens when a scheming mother puts her oar in.

» meter las narices en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in ; poke about/(a)round/into/in ; nose about/(a)round/into/in ; pry (into) ; poke + Posesivo + nose in/into .

Example: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Example: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Example: He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Example: The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

Example: We would not be in the mess we are now if Mostyn had never poked his nose in!.

» meterle caña a = get + stuck into .

Example: There are so many camels out and about causing damage to the landscape that we've decided to have a reasonably decent injection of funds to get stuck into this issue.

» meterle mano a = get + stuck into .

Example: There are so many camels out and about causing damage to the landscape that we've decided to have a reasonably decent injection of funds to get stuck into this issue.

» meterle una bala en la cabeza a Alguien = put + a bullet in + Posesivo + head .

Example: The day I swan around in expensive suits is the day I hope someone puts a bullet in my head.

» meterle un palo en la rueda = put + a spoke in + Posesivo + wheel .

Example: Again, she too could be just as corrupt as the others, but I have a sneaky feeling that she cheesed someone off, and they decided to put a spoke in her wheel.

» meterle un paquete a Alguien = throw + the book at .

Example: I hope they throw the book at him, as anybody should be able to go anywhere they want without getting attacked.

» meterle un puro a Alguien = throw + the book at .

Example: I hope they throw the book at him, as anybody should be able to go anywhere they want without getting attacked.

» meter mano = grope .

Example: The second we were out of my parents eyesight he was all hands -- groping and kissing and calling me baby.

» meter miedo = frighten ; scare ; put + the wind up + Nombre .

Example: What frightens me about OCLC is the fact that I am disturbed by the integrity of their kind of cataloging.

Example: 'Punch' satirised the opponents more cruelly: 'Here is an institution doomed to scare the furious devotees of laissez faire'.

Example: This will put the wind up her as you could take them to the tribunal for this kind of behaviour and win.

» meter por las narices = ram + Nombre + down + Posesivo + throat ; force + Nombre + down + Posesivo + throat .

Example: I don't mind people being gay, just don't ram it down my throat.

Example: If you're trying to convince people of something the last thing you want to do is force it down their throats.

» meter presionando = snap into .

Example: A cartridge snapped into the ImageWriter printer replaces the ribbon cartridge.

» meter preso = imprison ; send away .

Example: The kingpin of Columbus cocaine and marijuana biz has been sent away for 30 years -- He'll be 65 when he retires from prison.

» meter prisa = hustle ; chivvy [chivy] ; hurry + Nombre + up ; hurry + Nombre + along .

Example: The fair is open for visits from parents and friends as well as pupils and it is important that no one should be hustled through too quickly.

Example: To be fair, she was being chivvied by some atheists over some other comment she had made on a talk show.

Example: We were racing against the clock, and I was hurrying her up the stairs to reach the roof of the high rise.

Example: We were both running behind schedule, and it was my job to hurry her along.

» meterse = meddle (in/with) ; lodge ; get + Posesivo + feet wet ; get in .

Example: It also can give the impression that Finland is meddling in the internal affairs of other nations.

Example: A bullet had passed through her cheek and nose and lodged in the back of her head at the base of her spine.

Example: Coming clean to voters is something she's gonna have to get used to if she is really serious about getting her feet wet in elected politics.

Example: It is advisable to cover your Wellington boots with a lid so that spiders can't get in.

» meterse a Alguien en el bolsillo = have + Nombre + eating out of + Posesivo + hand ; be like putty in + Posesivo + hands ; wrap + Nombre + (a)round + Posesivo + (little) finger .

Example: Even though her performance lasted less than an hour, by the end she had them eating out of her hand and she received a standing ovation.

Example: Women will like it because it shows how men are nothing more than putty in their hands.

Example: As for the cats, Ta-Shi will keep them wrapped around her accursed finger long enough to seal their fate.

» meterse a empujones = push in .

Example: The spring sun put up a good fight today but we think the storm pushing in over the hills is going to win.

» meterse + Algo = slip + Nombre + on [Generalmente referido a ropa] .

Example: Blair teasingly chided him as she slipped his jacket on.

» meterse bajo agua = go + underwater .

Example: In fact, the wrong pair of scuba diving flippers can make you wish you had never gone underwater.

» meterse con = needle ; pick on ; tease ; twit ; taunt ; jeer ; lam ; have + a go at ; roast ; give + Nombre + a good roasting ; rag ; rib ; pull + Posesivo + leg ; razz ; push + (all of) + Posesivo + buttons ; take + a shot at ; take + a dig at ; have + a dig at .

Example: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

Example: By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.

Example: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.

Example: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.

Example: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.

Example: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.

Example: Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.

Example: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.

Example: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.

Example: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.

Example: Someone ragged her in college and she hit him.

Example: Finally after I ribbed her for about an hour she said that she'd slashed her wrists because of me.

Example: At first he thought they were pulling his leg and told them to stop pissing him around.

Example: I used to razz her about her fear of food, an unfortunate remnant of her history as a model.

Example: My wife says I push all of her buttons but, unfortunately, I still haven't been able to find the 'mute' button.

Example: The singer made this frank admission during a radio interview and even appeared to take a shot at her fellow panelist Nicki.

Example: She has been getting a lot of criticism about her weight and now the latest one to take a dig at her is actor Kamaal who has called her 'a fat aunty'.

Example: My best friend floored me recently when casually revealed that women are constantly having a dig at her for deciding not to have children.

» meterse con alguien de + Posesivo + edad = pick on + someone/somebody + Posesivo + own age .

Example: What's wrong with this 30 year old guy when he can't pick on someone his own age?.

» meterse con alguien de + Posesivo + tamaño = pick on + someone/somebody + Posesivo + own size .

Example: That's the guy who needs to man up and pick on someone his own size.

» meterse de lleno = be in the thick of it .

Example: I'm in the thick of it, as they say, and honestly have no idea how long this struggle will continue or how and when it will be resolved.

» meterse de lleno en = get + Posesivo + teeth into ; throw + Reflexivo + into ; sink + Posesivo + teeth into .

Example: Once he's got his teeth into something, he just won't let go.

Example: Freshers' week is a festival to launch you into university life and as your first week at University, you should throw yourself into it and give everything a go!.

Example: She was a teacher before she sank her teeth into writing.

» meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end ; jump in at + the deep end ; plunge in at + the deep end .

Example: I was quickly swimming in the deep end, surrounded by the controversy over the decision to hold the 2000 conference in Jerusalem and the implementation of the recommendations of the Working Group on the Revision of the Statutes = De pronto me vi metido de lleno en lo más difícil de mi trabajo teniendo que resolver la polémica de si celebrar o no el congreso del año 2000 en Jerusalén y que poner en marcha las recomendaciones del Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Revisión de los Estatutos.

Example: The article 'Jumping in at the deep end' explains the benefits and disadvantages of being a freelance editor.

Example: It is giving me plenty of time to learn about the many aspects of being a teacher before being plunged in at the deep end.

» meterse de polizón = stow away .

Example: A 15-year-old boy reportedly was able to stow away in a plane's wheel well and survive a 5-hour flight from California to Hawaii.

» meterse el dedo en la nariz = pick + Posesivo + nose .

Example: If your child is still sucking his thumb, picking his nose until it bleeds or having trouble sleeping consult a children's therapist, it could be a sign of anxiety.

» meterse el uno con el otro = tease + each other .

Example: Left to their own devices, the kids have been spending most of their time video gaming, teasing each other, and pestering the dogs.

» meterse en = get into ; step into ; get into ; jump into .

Example: If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.

Example: Think before acting or you might step into a fatal attraction that will change your life forever.

Example: To get into these national and international networks which are suitable for long-distance communication, a telephone link must be used to access the closest node.

Example: Everybody and their mother seem to be jumping into the high-margin cosmetics business these days.

» meterse en apuros = get into + a fix ; get into + a mess ; get into + a predicament ; get into + difficulties ; get in(to) + trouble ; get into + a jam ; get into + a pickle ; get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess ; get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess ; get into + hot water ; get into + trouble ; cut + a fat hog ; get in(to) + hot water .

Example: This way you do not get into a fix and land up with a debt which you do not have the capacity to pay back.

Example: There are generally two schools of thought on how we get into a mess of this sort: the conspiracy theory and the cock-up theory.

Example: In property investing, you have to always be on your guard to avoid certain decisions that can get you into a predicament.

Example: When Kodak got into difficulties, they closed up shop in north Toronto and demolished all of their buildings.

Example: A child who reads a lot is often said to be a 'good' child because while he is reading he doesn't 'get into trouble'.

Example: I believe firmly in the axiom that getting into a jam from time to time brings out the best in us.

Example: Toyota seems to have got into a pickle with this product recall issue, but they remain one of the best motor vehicle makers in the world.

Example: She got herself into a fine mess doing It but nobody said a word in reproof.

Example: He has got into hot water for mentioning an unmentionable truth: some people are not very bright.

Example: Parents who keep tabs on their children are less likely to see them get into trouble or use drugs and alcohol.

Example: You, however, are more than welcome to head for Kasab to immediately engage the enemy and 'cut a fat hog'.

Example: If you get in hot water once for something you said that rubbed somebody else the wrong way, it is indeed possible that the person who took offense is being way too sensitive.

» meterse en belenes = get in(to) + trouble ; get into + difficulties ; get into + a mess ; get into + a fix ; get into + a jam ; get into + a pickle ; get + Reflexivo + into a fine mess ; get into + hot water ; get into + trouble ; cut + a fat hog .