cop on | Idiomator

Meaning: (Ireland,informal,idiomatic)Common sense.That eejit has nocop on.2008, Joseph Dolan, "Hazards caused by pedestrians" (letter to the editor),Irish Independent, 22 November 2008:While she is right that some cyclists do cycle in a dangerous manner, pedestrians need to have some "cop on" as well.2011May 11, “Broadside at Croke Park”, inThe Meath Chronicle:Fixtures' secretary Jimmy Henry refuted the comments. "I wouldn't have got this job if I hadn't somecop on," he said.2012March 29, Martina Nee, “Student with no ‘cop on’ fined for using his scientific brilliance for cannabis growing”, inGalway Advertiser:Molloy’s solicitor said that there was a[sic]element of naivety here in that his client, who is “quite brilliant” in his studies in physics, has “nocop on” and took a “scientist’s approach” to growing cannabis.

Examples:

EN: He's the cop on this beat. - Excuse me.
ES: Con permiso.
EN: The cop on the corner and the burglar too
ES: El poli de la esquina y también el ladrón
EN: I want to get back in that room and the cop on guard'll never let me in.
ES: Quiero volver a aquella habitación y el poli de guardia no me dejará entrar.
EN: Oh, every cop on the force.
ES: - Oh, cada poli del cuerpo.
EN: I'm going to marry the best cop on the force.
ES: Voy a casarme con el mejor policía del cuerpo.
EN: The toughest cop on the force falls out of a window?
ES: ¿Uno de los policías más duros se cae por una ventana?
EN: There's a cop on our front steps... and one in the back, too.
ES: Están en las escaleras delanteras... y en la parte trasera.
EN: And the people, well, maybe they dress a little differently or talk a little differently here but underneath they're the same as your next-door neighbor, and you probably know them all, the cop on the beat, the kid selling papers,
ES: Y quizá las personas vistan de forma diferente... o hablen de forma diferente aquí... pero en el fondo son iguales que sus vecinos... y seguramente ya los conocen;
EN: A little extra reach on a punch, a set of brass knuckles a stripe on the sleeve, a badge that says cop on it, a rock in your hand, or a bankroll in your pocket.
ES: Un puño más contundente, nudilleras de metal, un galón en la manga, una placa que diga policía, una piedra... en la mano o un fajo de billetes en el bolsillo.
EN: -Is the cop on our trail?
ES: - ¿El policía sabe de nosotros?
EN: I've been a cop on the beat. I've been with the Safe and Loft Squad.
ES: He sido guardián de la paz,
EN: I've had a crush on him since I was eight years old and he was the cop on the beat.
ES: Me encapriché por él desde los ocho años. Era el policía del barrio.
EN: Why, he won't be satisfied till I put every cop on the force in the show-up for him.
ES: No quedará satisfecho hasta que no haya reconocido a todo el Cuerpo de Policía.
EN: Susan, suppose I hadn't known you, not at all. Suppose I was just the cop on the beat.
ES: Imagina que no nos conociéramos, imagina que yo fuera un policía más.
EN: Best young cop on the force.
ES: El mejor policía joven de la fuerza.

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