viernes, 16 de diciembre de 2011

TODAY'S SAYING: PULL THE PLUG



PULL THE PLUG

To stop something. To bring something to an end.


Se utiliza el dicho "pull the plug"  cuando se pretende poner  fin a algo , generalmente de forma abrupta . (Tirar del enchufe ) .

Ejemplos:


Tendremos que poner fin a este proyecto (" we will have to pull the plug on this project")

Tuvimos que descontinuar la mayoría de nuestro software ( "we had to pull the plug on most of our software")
Algunos ejemplso adicionales :

"In business, you need to know when to pull the plug"

"Pulling the plug was the last thing i wanted to do"

NO CONFUNDIR CON :

Pull something off que indica lograr algo dificil de realizar

Ejemplo:

I don't know how you pulled it off, but we're now $5,000 richer than we were yesterday






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