catch a wave | Idiomator

Meaning: (surfing)To mount one'ssurfboardat a distance from shore, turn it toward land, and control it for a successful, satisfying ride oninrushingwater.1999March 29, Nadya Labi, “Around the World in a Balloon in 20 Days”, inTime, retrieved4 April 2020:Like surfers trying tocatch a wave, balloonists try to ride jet streams.2015May 10, Ondine Cohane, “A Small Child, a Big Board, on Oahu’s North Shore”, inNew York Times, retrieved4 April 2020:As anyone who has evercaught a waveon her own knows, surfing is a profound confidence booster.; (idiomatic,by extension)To derivebenefitfrom afortunateopportunity; to experience asuddenincreasein energy or luck.1997January 23,David Cay Johnston, “A Man Who Repaid His Debts”, inNew York Times, retrieved4 April 2020:The size of his fortune, he said, revealed only that "wecaught a wave. We were lucky. We had more luck than we deserved."2015November 8, Simon Briggs, “Andy Murray brushed aside by increasingly dominant Novak Djokovic in Paris Masters final”, inTelegraph, UK, retrieved4 April 2020:He did have one brief spell in the second set when he seemed tocatch a wave, pounding his backhand and winning 11 of 14 points.

Examples:

EN: It takes most beginners a long time to just catch a wave.
ES: Los principiantes tardan mucho simplemente en coger una ola. Llevo mis años en el surf, y nunca he visto algo así.
EN: You jump off the cabana railing and catch a wave. Simple.
ES: Saltas de la baranda de la cabaña y te tiras a una ola.
EN: If they don't catch a wave pretty soon, why they can get eliminated right here.
ES: Si no montan una ola rápido, podrían eliminarlos aquí mismo.
EN: Look, you're never gonna catch a wave sitting all the way over here in the channel.
ES: Mira, nunca vas a tomar una ola sentándote aquí.
EN: The foil board's ability to catch a wave early and cut through the heaviest wind chop gives it the potential to ride a wave over a hundred feet tall.
ES: Su habilidad de montar una ola al inicio... y de cruzar el mar picado por el viento... le da el potencial de montar una ola de más de 30 m de altura.
EN: It was first and foremost a wave-catching machine because if you can't catch a wave, nothing else matters.
ES: Era ante todo una máquina atrapaolas... el esfuerzo era inútil.
EN: There was times where the surf would get perfect and you'd go out and catch a wave:
ES: En ocasiones donde el surf parecía perfecto y tú ibas y tomabas una ola.
EN: When you look at a surfer sitting on his board waiting to catch a wave, something strange happens.
ES: Cuando miras a un surfer sentado sobre su tabla esperando para coger una ola, ocurre algo extraño.
EN: If the LlGO scientists' quest is successful... and they catch a wave, it could change science.
ES: Si lo que piensan los científicos de LIGO es correcto y atrapan una ola, puede cambiar la ciencia.
EN: Gonna catch a wave.
ES: Voy a pillar una ola
EN: Okay, go catch a wave, brah.
ES: Vale, ve a coger una ola.
EN: I haven't seen you catch a wave yet, Ellie. What gives?
ES: No te he visto coger una ola todavía, Ellie. ¿Qué pasa?
EN: ¶ catch a wave, turn it up ¶
ES: Toma una ola Y dala vuelta
EN: If you're lucky enough to catch a wave, you'll stand up, placing your feet evenly over the center line of the surfboard and ride that wave toward shore.
ES: Si tienes suerte y atrapas una ola, levántate colocando los pies de manera uniforme... en el centro de la tabla y cabalga la ola hacia la orilla.
EN: Yeah, I'm gonna catch a wave.
ES: Sí, iré a buscar una ola.

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