keys to the kingdom

Meaning: (idiomatic)Aresource, usuallyinformationorknowledge, the possession of which gives the possessor access topower.1830, John Donald Carrick,Life of Sir William Wallace of Elderslie, page112:This fortress, from its strong position, was considered as one of thekeys to the kingdom, and had belonged to the Earl of March, a disappointed candidate for the crown, who had now attached himself to the banner of England.2002April 8,InfoWorld, volume24, number14, page28:The passwords they control are thekeys to the kingdom, so what protections should be taken?2008,Barack Obama(quoting SenatorRobert Byrd),The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, page 119:Not many people bother to learn them these days. Everything is so rushed, so many demands on a senator's time. But these rules unlock the power of the Senate. They're thekeys to the kingdom.

Examples:

EN: Pedro, you'll have the keys to the kingdom.
ES: Pedro, tu tendrás las llaves del reino.
EN: The keys to the kingdom, that's all.
ES: Las llaves del reino. Sólo eso.
EN: Somebody who will seize the keys to the kingdom and use 'em to unlock the future.
ES: Alguien que tendrá las llaves del reino y que abrirá la puerta al futuro.
EN: Those are the keys to the kingdom.
ES: Son las llaves del reino.
EN: And came out of hell with the keys to the kingdom.
ES: Y salió del infierno Con las llaves del Reino.
EN: We got the keys to the kingdom!
ES: Nosotros tenemos las llaves del Reino!
ES: Tenemos las llaves del Reino!
EN: Here, take the keys to the kingdom.
ES: -Toma, las llaves del reino.
EN: Unbelievable. I hand you the keys to the kingdom and you can't even walk through the freakin' door.
ES: Increíble, te doy las Ilaves del reino, y ni siquiera puedes pasar por la puerta.
EN: He knew that Godwine held the keys to the kingdom.
ES: Sabía que Godwine tenía las llaves del reino.
EN: When he took hold of the Domesday Book, it was as though William had been handed the keys to the kingdom all over again, as if he'd re-conquered England, but this time statistically, because its information was more impregnable than any castle.
ES: Cuando tomó posesión del libro del Día del Juicio, fue como si le hubieran entregado nuevamente las llaves del reino, como si hubiera reconquistado Inglaterra sólo que esta vez estadísticamente, porque su información era más impenetrable que cualquier castillo.
EN: When he and my mother were run over by a drunken teenager on New Year's Eve, ten years ago, he left the keys to the kingdom to me.
ES: Cuando un adolescente borracho atropella a él y a mi madre la noche de Año Nuevo, hace diez años me deja las llaves del reino a mí.
EN: Somebody gave you the keys to the kingdom, and you're blowing it.
ES: Tienes una gran oportunidad y la estás desaprovechando.
EN: James did get the keys to the kingdom when his brother died in 1685, and he inherited a new parliament with a massively royalist majority, along with widespread public sympathy.
ES: Jacobo obtuvo las llaves del reino al morir su hermano en 1685, y heredó un nuevo Parlamento con una inmensa mayoría monárquica, junto con un generalizado apoyo popular.
EN: I'm giving you the keys to the kingdom.
ES: Te estoy dando las llaves del reino.
EN: I can give you guys the keys to the kingdom. UFOs, aliens, the whole 50-year cover-up.
ES: Puedo darles las llaves del reino: ovnis, extraterrestres, lo que encubren hace 50 años.

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