fill the bill | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Alternative form offit the bill[from 19th c.]1893,Horatio Alger, chapter 29, inCast Upon the Breakers:You've got a head on your shoulders, you have! I guess you'llfill the bill.1923June 25, “Stratton and Edison”, inTime:He said that the automotive industry must find a substitute for gasoline, on which the elder Edison commented that the electric storage battery has alreadyfilled the bill.1976December 18, David Holland, “Dear Santa...”, inGay Community News, volume 4, number25, page11:For those looking for the unusual, Boston, like most cities, has an abundance of shops thatfill the bill. Forever Flamingo, on Newbury St., is now a veritable three-ring circus of some of the best examples of art-deco memorabilia.

Examples:

EN: I know a couple that would just fill the bill.
ES: - Conozco a la pareja perfecta.
EN: Promised her a topping Partner, and you fill the bill. I'm sorry, sir.
ES: Le he prometido una buena pareja, y tú puedes serlo.
EN: You must have plenty of corn-fed talent to fill the bill, someone the good people of this town wouldn't mind applauding.
ES: Debe de tener a alguien que pueda hacerlo. Alguien a quien a la gente del pueblo no le importe aplaudir.
EN: And if there aren't enough to fill the bill, we'll invent some more.
ES: Si no basta para llenar la sala, inventaremos otros números.
EN: There's just one girl- just absolutely one who'll fill the bill.
ES: Hay sólo una chica, solamente una, que es la adecuada.
EN: Knows his way around Washington. You just don't fill the bill.
ES: Y conozca los pasillos de Washington.
EN: Or several trips... if you fill the bill.
ES: Un largo viaje si está dispuesto.
EN: No, not one of them can really fill the bill.
ES: No, ninguno de ellos puede llenar el puesto.
EN: Big daddy, if i don't fill the bill, why don't you just say so right out?
ES: Papaíto, si no cumplo los requisitos, ¿por qué no lo dices directamente?
EN: Robin will fill the bill nicely.
ES: Robin cumplirá con los requisitos bastante bien. Llévenlo.
EN: The one I tricked Batman out of last night will fill the bill beautifully.
ES: El engaño que realicé a Batman anoche llenará la cuenta maravillosamente.
EN: - And you, of course, fill the bill?
ES: ¿Y usted, por supuesto, tienes lo que queremos?
EN: And Goremykin didn't fill the bill. What's the use of discussing him now? Mother Russia appreciates your intervention.
ES: La cuestión esencial es saber quien va a ser nombrado.
EN: That would precisely fill the bill.
ES: Eso es exactamente lo que queremos.
EN: Does she fill the bill?
ES: ¿Ella encaja con el perfil?

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