down but not out | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Temporarilyincapacitatedbut notpermanentlydefeated.1907October,[Hannibal] Hamlin Garland, “Marshall Haney’s Sentence”, inMoney Magic: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; London:Harper & Brothers Publishers,→OCLC,page333:He raised dim eyes to her, eyes that seemed already filmed with death's opaque curtains, but bravely, slowly smiled. "I'mdown, but not out, darlin'. That brute of a doctor jolted me hard; I nearly took the count—but I'm—still in the ring.[…]"1913,The Independent, volume LXXV, New York, N.Y.: Published for the proprietors,→OCLC, page638, column 1:The intention is not to make it a hotel for downs and outs, the riffraff of Chicago’s slums, but to have it a hotel where men who are‘down’ but not ‘out’can obtain comfortable rooms and wholesome food at nominal prices.2010,Peter Snowdon, “The Makings of a Landslide”, inBack from the Brink: The Inside Story of the Tory Resurrection, London: HarperPress,HarperCollins,→ISBN,page 5:By midnight, two hours after the polls had closed, the first results showed a massive 10 per cent swing right across the country.[…]A defeatedDavid Cameronand his wife,Samantha, left the countdown but not out.

Examples:

EN: And Dynamo's down but not out. Back to you, Damon.
ES: Y Dínamo está herido, pero no acabado.
EN: Vijay Kapoor is down but not out
ES: Vijay Kapoor no está acabado
EN: They are down but not out and still hold a strong defensive line from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea.
ES: Y aun mantienen una linea de defensa fuerte del mediterráneo hasta el mar muerto. La gran victoria del general Allenby no tiene efecto en el baño de sangre que continua en el frente occidental.
EN: So, in a vacuum of leadership, I acted to the world know that America was down but not out.
ES: Entonces, en un acto de liderazgo hice que el mundo supiese que América estaba hundida, pero no liquidada.
EN: 'We were down but not out, because we knew 'he was heading straight into the jaws of Tokyo's legendry traffic jams.'
ES: "Estábamos abajo pero no hacia fuera, porque sabíamos 'que se dirigía directamente en las fauces de los atascos de tráfico leyendas de Tokio. "
EN: Look, if you ask me, Enron is down but not out.
ES: Mira, si me preguntas, Enron estará en lo más bajo, pero no fuera.
EN: Nod is down but not out!
ES: ¡Nod está atrás, pero no fuera!
ID: Nod jatuh tapi tidak keluar!
EN: As for Speer, he is down but not out.
ES: Speer ha tropezado, pero no ha caído.
EN: The Flyers were down but not out.
HI: उड़ गए, लेकिन वहां नहीं।
EN: P.P. Thankachan... down but not out.
HI: तेनकु श्नपन स्पोइलर - नो वे आउट
EN: Mahinda Rajapaksa: down but not out
HI: राज्य सभाः पीएम आए, लेकिन मौन रहे
EN: "We were down but not out, that was the attitude that we had.
HI: हम तो थे वही लेकिन, नहीं था हमने गम ओढ़ा,
EN: Team Hendrix, down but not out, am I right?
ID: Tim Hendrix, lemah tetapi tidak mengalah, apakah aku benar?
EN: [Alex] The boxing champ is down but not out.
ID: Juara tinju kalah, tapi belum selesai.
EN: Lake is down but not out.
TE: ఈ సరస్సుకు ఇన్ కమింగే కానీ. . ఔట్ గోయింగ్ లేదు.

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