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Old October 07, 2010, 10:22 PM
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Question Bring down the hammer
I guess "the hammer of justice".
I take it translates as "hacer justicia".

Anyone has the exact meaning in English and the "best" translation in Spanish?
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Old October 08, 2010, 12:19 AM
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Necesito más contexto para saber qué significa. Mi primer pensamiento fue el final de un subasta, pero por lo que dices parece que no.
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I do'nt know the exact meaning, I give you some Justice-terms
hacer justicia/se ejecutó la justicia
cayó el peso de la ley/bajo el peso de la ley
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Old October 08, 2010, 01:21 AM
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Thank you, Pjt33 and Sosia.
Context:
...bringing down the hammer on the criminal agenda, closing down their institutions, outlawing their abuses...

I get your point on the auction idea of the "bring down the hammer" as in concluding the deal, but also a Judge, passing sentence... which seems to be the idea on my text... more related to jurisprudence than to a public sale.

@Sosia, yup, I take these options as valid ones.
Something on the order of
... haciendo caer el peso de la ley sobre su plan criminal [o planes criminales], clausurando sus instituciones,...
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Also bring down the hammer can be used in the following manner.
(One spouse telling the other in a two-storey house) "Bring down the hammer honey, I've got to nail in a picture hook."or "bring down the hammer sweety, I need to hammer your mother's head to the wall."
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Old October 08, 2010, 12:16 PM
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Hah, Poli, that is very good! (In my context I'd never thought of that...)

(But now that you mentioned, and just as an aside,
Which is the most bitter wine?
-¿Cuál es el vino más amargo?
-Vino mi suegra.
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Creo que en contexto significa "poner el alto" o "decir basta". En todos los casos que estuve viendo y que no se refieren a darle a la suegra su merecido ... respeto, interpreto "bringing down the hammer" como "detener algo", "detenerse" o "hacer detener algo".
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Gracias, AleCcowan. Tiene sentido lo que dices...
(Por cierto, ¿sabes cómo se dice "suegra" en ruso? "Storvo")
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(Por cierto, ¿sabes cómo se dice "suegra" en ruso? "Storvo")


Lo que me recuerda uno muy gracioso localmente y que puede ayudar a incrementar la cultura general:

¿Sabes cómo se dice "suegra" en guaraní? "Yarará"
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¡Muy bueno!
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