hold the ring | Idiomator

Meaning: (sports,theater,obsolete)Tomaintainorderamongspectatorsencirclingparticipantsin aprizefightor aperformanceandkeepthem from coming too near the participants.Synonym:keep the ring; To be aspectatorat afight;(figuratively)towatchother peopleargue.; (chieflyBritish,idiomatic)Tooverseeasituationwhile attempting to remainuninvolvedin it.Policeheld the ringduring the protests.1968, J. Hurstfield, “Social Structure, Office-holding and Politics, Chiefly in Western Europe”, inR[ichard] B[ruce] Wernham, editor,The New Cambridge Modern History, volumes III (The Counter-Reformation and Price Revolution 1559–1610), Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,→ISBN,page132:In England a century earlier it had been a struggle between two warring houses, in France it was now a struggle between three: Guise, Montmorency and Bourbon, with the feeble government ofCatherine de Medicivainly trying tohold the ring.1991,Martin [Gardiner] Bernal, “The Thera Eruption: From the Aegean to China”, inBlack Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, volumes II (The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence), New Brunswick, N.J.:Rutgers University Press,→ISBN,page288:While this debate was going on inNatureanother was being conduct inArchaeometry. This was between Betancourt – and his old colleague Michael – and Warren, with the English archaeometrist M. J. Aitkenholding the ring.2002,Martin Wight, “International Anarchy”, inHedley Bull, Carsten Holbraad, editors,Power Politics,→ISBN,page100:It is the great powers that create international upheavals. In 1912–13 the Balkan powers fought two bitter wars among themselves, while the great powersheld the ring.2006August 31, “Holding the ring in the capital: Embedded with American troops in a volatile district, our correspondent asks how long they can prevent an all-out sectarian war”, inThe Economist‎[1], archived fromthe originalon6 March 2016:Lieutenant-General Fry says that coalition forces will continue military operations "to separate the two sides of the sectarian conflict" but that such operations were meant tohold the ringuntil the politicians come up with a solution.; (sports)Of aprizefighter: tohold one's ownduring a fight; tocontinuewinningaseriesof fights.

Examples:

EN: Manage the bridesmaids, hold the ring, support the bride.
ES: Dirigir a las demás damas de honor, tener los anillos, apoyar a la novia.
ID: mengurus kebutuhan pengantin, menyimpan cincinnya, mendukung pengantinnya.
EN: Robbie, I want you to hold the ring for me.
ES: Robbie, quiero que tengas el anillo.
ID: Robbie, aku ingin kau memegang cincinnya.
EN: Want me to hold the ring?
ES: ¿Quiere que guarde yo el anillo?
EN: Penny didn't want to hold the ring anymore.
ES: Penny ya no quiere cuidar el anillo.
ID: Penny tidak mau menyimpan cincinnya lagi.
EN: "Here, hold the ring."
ES: "Aquí, mantén el anillo".
EN: But you said you were gonna get married and I was gonna wear a suit and be in the wedding and I would get to hold the ring.
ES: Pero tú dijiste que os íbais a casar, que iba a llevar un traje y estar en la boda y que podría llevar el anillo.
ID: Tapi kalian pernah bilang mau menikah dan aku akan memakai setelan di acara pernikahan itu dan aku akan memegang cincinnya.
EN: Why do you think I chose you to hold the ring?
ES: ¿Por qué crees que te elegí para guardar el anillo? Sí.
EN: And the poor old British Army and Security Forces just had to try to hold the ring.
ES: El pobre ejército británico y las fuerzas de seguridad tuvieron que contener las cosas.
ID: Angkatan Darat Inggris dan Pasukan Keamanan harus menengahi.
EN: British policy was, therefore, directed towards an attempt to hold the ring for the contestants and to prevent intervention by other powers.
HI: इसलिए, ब्रिटिश नीति प्रतियोगियों के लिए अंगूठी रखने और अन्य शक्तियों द्वारा हस्तक्षेप को रोकने के प्रयास के लिए निर्देशित थी।
EN: If that happens in the future, who will hold the ring between the competing development agencies of the United Kingdom?
TE: అదే జరిగితే గుండు గీయించుకుంటా. . వైసీపీలో ఎవరు సిద్దం?

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