date with destiny | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Aninevitablefutureeventoranticipatedoccurrence, especially in the form of anencounterwhich is likely to bemomentous.1936Aug. 10, ""I Preach","Time:The American people want no rendezvous with a destiny plotted on blueprints in a Washington office. When they have adate with destinythey want to know what the lady looks like.2001, "A Fish Out of Water", season 3, episode 10 ofFamily GuyHennessey: You need fifty grand, Griffin? I got a suggestion for you. Why don't you kill Daggermouth?Peter Griffin: Maybe I will, Hennessey.Shamus: You'd be buying yourself a ticket to a watery grave. Daggermouth is the meanest, most ruthless creature that's ever inhabited the sea.[…]Peter Griffin: I am not gonna let my family live on the street. Not even if it means ending up like Shamus here. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have adate with destiny.2002January 1, Ian Black, “The arrival of the euro: their money, our future?”, inGuardian Unlimited, UK:So much has been said about Europe's long-awaiteddate with destinythat it was hard to sort out the predictable hyperbole from the reality.

Examples:

EN: But you and I have a date with destiny.
ES: Pero usted y yo tenemos una cita con el destino.
EN: You have a date with destiny.
ES: Tiene una cita con el destino.
ES: Tiene una cita con el destino.
EN: Down below me, joyful and eager... my students are awaiting our date with destiny.
ES: A mis pies, joviales y ansiosos... mis alumnos aguardan nuestra cita con el destino.
EN: Every once in a while, I feel like I have a date with destiny. You do.
ES: De vez en cuando siento que tengo una cita con el destino.
EN: And I made them come here, to their date with destiny, to their date with you.
ES: Y los hice venir aquí, para que encuentren su destino, para que se encuentren contigo.
EN: You and I have a date with destiny, Tim.
ES: Nosotros tenemos una cita con el destino, Tim.
EN: I feel like the third wheel on your date with destiny.
ES: Me siento de carabina en tu cita con el destino.
EN: Figures that strike terror into the eyes of all that behold them, as they limp through the mists of the narrow cobbled streets of Nouvion, to keep their date with destiny.
ES: Figuras que infligen terror en todos aquellos que los ven, mientras cojean a traves de la niebla por las estrechas calles de Nouvion, para mantener alejada su cita con el destino.
EN: Yeah, we've got a date with destiny;
ES: Parece que alguna gente quiere que deje de babosearme con Miss Fingerwood.
EN: They're bone, a good color for a date with destiny
ES: Color hueso, un buen color para una cita con el destino.
EN: I've got a date with destiny.
ES: Tengo una cita con el destino.
EN: On my way to a date with destiny.
ES: Tengo una cita con el destino.
EN: Menthol Men... are you ready for your date with destiny?
ES: El hombre mentol. ¿Están listos para su cita con el destino?
EN: Niles, I cannot believe Miss Fine is going on a cruise just because some psychic told her she had a date with destiny.
ES: Niles, no puedo creer que la Srta. Fine se vaya de crucero... sólo porque una vidente le dijo que tenía una cita con el destino.
EN: I have a date with destiny.
ES: Tengo una cita con el destino.

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