false light | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,countable)Apoint of viewresulting in amisleadingorinaccuraterepresentationof a person, situation, or fact.1850,Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 11, inThe Scarlet Letter:To the untrue man, the whole universe is false—it is impalpable—it shrinks to nothing within his grasp. And he himself in so far as he shows himself in afalse light, becomes a shadow.1883,George MacDonald, chapter 58, inDonal Grant:It was not I, but these things working in me—on my brain, making me see things in afalse light!1920,Gilbert Keith Chesterton, chapter 13, inThe New Jerusalem:Some of the charges against them . . . are due merely to thefalse lightin which they are regarded.2013April 6,Richard A. Oppel Jr, “Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime”, inNew York Times, retrieved22 May 2015:Don Lehe, a Republican state representative from a rural district in Indiana, said online videos can cast farmers in afalse lightand give them little opportunity to correct the record.; (law,uncountable)Acause of actionarising under thecommon lawwhere a person is portrayed in a way which, while not technically false, is misleading and likely to causeembarrassmentto that person.2015May 20, “Model Janice Dickinson Sues Bill Cosby For Defamation”, inCBS Los Angeles, retrieved22 May 2015:Dickinson’s lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court seeks unspecified damages on defamation,false lightand intentional infliction of emotional distress claims.

Examples:

EN: What a false light...is there.
ES: Qué luz tan falsa.
EN: We cannot let that false light wreck another ship.
ES: No podemos dejar que aquel falso faro... destruya otro barco.
EN: It's false light.
ES: Es luz falsa.
EN: Mr. Espenson has represented me in a very false light.
ES: Sra. Jueza, el Sr. Espenson dijo falsedades sobre mí.
ES: Sra. Jueza, el Sr. Espenson dijo falsedades sobre mí.
EN: And I reply to you, my ever-secret love, because I would not have you see me... in any false light.
ES: Pero te diré, mi amor secreto, que no dejaré que me veas... bajo una visión falsa.
EN: And I reply to you, my ever-secret love, because I would not have you see me in any false light.
ES: Y te respondo, mi amor secreto, por qué nunca te he dejado verme bajo una visión falsa.'
EN: "But I reply to you, my ever-secret love, "because I would not have you see me in any false light."
ES: Pero te contestaré, mi amor secreto, que no quiero que me veas bajo una falsa visión.
EN: a false light upon my client.
ES: Y dejar en oscuras a mi cliente
EN: But there is no other ship, just our false light.
ES: Pero no hay ningún otro barco, solo nuestra falsa luz.
EN: When I saw the men luring the ship towards the rock with their false light, I knew this was to be a wrecking.
ES: 'Cuando vi a los hombres atrayendo al barco...' '...hacia las rocas con su falsa luz...' '... supe que sería un saqueo.'
EN: I'm afraid that false light is here inside these walls.
ES: Me temo que esa falsa luz está aquí dentro de estos muros.
EN: After the investigation, if the forced or threatened sexual crime is proven to be true, Jo Shin Hui's act will not be considered as tarnishing the company's good name, so your charge of defamation, for putting the company in a false light, will be dropped.
ES: Y si el acoso sexual se revela para ser verdad ... el tribunal reconoce que el comportamiento de la señora Jo Shin Hee estaba en el interés de la empresa.
EN: I very clearly got the idea that he was threatening to sue me, and that he was warning me to be careful and not paint him in a false light.
ES: Me quedó claro que amenazaba con demandarme. Me advirtió que tuviera cuidado, que no distorsionara su imagen.
EN: You represented yourself in a false light to gain access to the scene.
ES: Accedió a la escena del crimen mediante engaños.
EN: You represented yourself in a false light to gain access to the scene. No.
ES: Accedió a la escena del crimen mediante engaños.

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