food chain | Idiomator

Meaning: Thefeedingrelationshipsbetweenspeciesin abioticcommunity.Coordinate term:food web(an alternative metaphor often considered more apt)2013February 6, Stephanie Strom, “Study Looks at Particles Used in Food”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:Nanomaterials, substances broken down by technology into molecule-size particles, are starting to enter thefood chainthrough well-known food products and their packaging, but there is little acknowledgment by the companies using them, according to a new report from a nonprofit group that works to enhance corporate accountability.; (idiomatic)Ahierarchy.With my promotion this month I will continue my steady journey to the top of thefood chain.1998, Luke Sullivan,"Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This": A Guide to Creating Great Ads, page164:He, too, was a meat puppet. Unable to make any decision without imagined repercussions from above, he chose to make none and instead passed his decision onto the next guy up thefood chain.2012, Renee Pires,Day Trips from Philadelphia, page43:At the top of thefood chainis PJ's, whose pizza wins high accolades, and whose menu of fat sandwiches (a local delicacy that stuffs as many deep-fried items into a roll as possible) is extensive.

Examples:

EN: font color = "# CCCCCC" food chain
ES: cadena alimentaria
EN: In the sea, rising temperatures have already disrupted the food chain by killing coral.
ES: Muchas veces me he imaginado a mi misma siendo un poco autista.
EN: But if our food chain goes, we are finished.
ES: Pero si nuestra cadena alimenticia se va, estamos perdidos.
EN: Offered for human consumption, last link in the food chain several fish are bought by philippe for later analysis.
ES: Destinados ai consumo humano, un eslabón en ia cadena alimenticia phiiippe compra varios peces para analizarlos después.
EN: Fast swimming, fast feeding in the open sea with plankton at the base of the food chain.
ES: Nadar y comer rápido en el mar abierto con el plancton en la base de la cadena trófica.
EN: From the plankton to the small fish and on up the food chain to the big fish.
ES: Del plancton al pez pequeño y de éste al pez grande va la cadena.
EN: You know you're a disgrace. You're varmints. You're one of the lowest members of the food chain and you'll probably be replaced by the rat.
ES: Sabandijas miserables ¡las ratas los reemplazarán!
EN: A vital link in nature's food chain.
ES: No quiero tener que matar a nadie más.
EN: Oh, but a species that is at the top of the food chain, as these creatures are, must develop the finest flavour of all.
ES: Oh, pero una especie que está en lo alto de la cadena alimenticia, como esta,... debe desarrollar el sabor más delicado de todos.
EN: Pick and roll. Sounds like a fast-food chain.
ES: Parece una cadena de comida rápida.
EN: You're improving, guys. But you're still way down in the food chain.
ES: Aunque mejoraron chicos, aún están al final de la cadena alimenticia.
EN: He is dangling from the food chain, and I am in the stars.
ES: El está colgado de la cadena alimenticia y yo en las estrellas.
EN: If it ever gets into the food chain, it can spread like wildfire.
ES: Si llega a la cadena alimentaria, puede extenderse como fuego.
EN: It's all a big food chain.
ES: Todo es una gran cadena alimenticia.
EN: [Nick] I don't think we're in the food chain anymore, Dorothy.
ES: Creo que ya no estamos en la cadena alimenticia, Dorothy.

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