flip-flop | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,UK,Fiji)Asandalconsisting of arubbersole fastened to thefootby a rubber thong fitting between thetoesand around the sides of the foot.[from 20th c.]30 August 2004,The New Yorker,, page 38the necessity for yet another place at which to buy a polo shirt or a pair offlip-flopsmay not be apparent to the town's residents —; A change of places; aninversionorswap.1964,Scholastic Coach, volume34, page18:On the break for strong left, everything remains the same, except for theflip-flopof positions.(US)An instance offlip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.[from 19th c.]2020April 8, David Clough, “How the West Coast wiring war was won”, inRail, page61:BR'sflip-flopattitude towards the two options can be observed in comments made by the BR chairman in September 1967, which were interpreted as meaning that the facts now have to be "adjusted" to prove the electrification case.; (computing,electronics)Abistable; anelectronicswitchingcircuitthat has either twostablestates(switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable and an unstable state (switching from one to the other and back again in response to a trigger), and which is thereby capable of serving as onebitofmemory.[from 20th c.]2012,George Dyson,Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published2013, page72:Ten two-stateflip-flops[…]were formed into ten-stage ring counters representing each decimal digit in the ten-digit accumulators[…]; The sound of a regularfootfall.; Asomersault.[from 19th c.]; (US,slang,truck driving)A return trip.1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics),Black Bear Road, performed byC. W. McCall:We'll catch you on theflip-flop. This here's the Rubber Duck on the side. We gone, 'bye, 'bye.; (slang,derogatory,offensive)A person or inhabitant of theMiddle East, or aMuslimnation, particularlyAfghanistan.

Examples:

EN: As long as you don't do a back flip-flop.
ES: Mientras no hagas una pirueta hacia atrás.
EN: - Can you do a back flip-flop? Really?
ES: - ¿Sabes hacer una pirueta hacia atrás?
EN: Watch now. I show you how to flip-flop the flop-flips.
ES: Observa, te enseñaré cómo voltear los panqueques.
EN: The brain go flip The heart is go flip-flop
ES: El cerebro te da vueltas el corazón te salta
EN: Holy flip-flop, what's happened to justice?
ES: Santa contradicción, ¿qué pasó con la justicia?
EN: We kiss, my heart does a whiz-bang, flip-flop, heaven-for-a-minute.
ES: Cuando nos besamos mi corazón brinca como si estuviera en el séptimo cielo.
EN: If she should fall to the tyrant... if the Turks go down like cards, flip-flop... then next up our own Solent... and our own Queen, will come the Russians, ships and guns... to rip our country into shame.
ES: Si cayera en manos del tirano... Si los turcos caen como un castillo de naipes luego nuestro río Solent y nuestra propia Reina serán atacados por barcos y armas rusas y nuestro país quedará destrozado.
EN: The bad news is they want you to do the old flip-flop for them.
ES: La mala es que quieren que lo hagas con ellos.
EN: Now do roll over, turn over, and flip-flop.
ES: Haga movimientos circulares, y haga un doble salto mortal.
EN: -Catch you on the flip-flop!
ES: - ¡Nos vemos luego!
EN: On the beach, when I see girls with big boobs, I love how they flip-flop.
ES: En la playa, cuando veo chicas con pechos grandes, me gusta verlos moverse de arriba abajo.
EN: It's a flip-flop thingy.
ES: Es un circuito biestable.
EN: This is a logic diagram for the flip-flop thingy, right?
ES: Este es un diagrama lógico para un biestable, ¿verdad?
EN: You'll flip-flop at the last minute.
ES: Simplemente al final cambias todo en el último minuto.
EN: Did the flip-flop shit on me!
ES: ¡Se transformó!

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