mic drop | Idiomator

Meaning: (slang,idiomatic)An instance ofdropping the mic.2016May 2, Stuart Heritage, “‘Obama out’: a brief history of mic drops”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Nomic dropin history will ever be as thoroughly scrutinised as the one performed by Barack Obama during his final White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening. Historians hundreds of years from now will refer to his “Obama out” in the same breath as the Emancipation Proclamation and “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”2022March 31, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Ben McKenzie Would Like a Word With the Crypto Bros”, inThe New York Times‎[2],→ISSN:Many crypto bros try to silence skeptics with the samemic drop: “Have fun staying poor.”

Examples:

EN: And Tom and I wound up using it as a refrain when cutting this was that, you know how Chris Rock will finish a set with a mic drop and then we just refer to it, like, mic drop.
ES: Tom y yo acabamos usándolo como coletilla durante el montaje. Chris Rock terminaba sus actuaciones tirando el micrófono así que nos referimos a eso como "tirar el micrófono".
ES: Tom y yo acabamos usándolo como coletilla durante el montaje. Chris Rock terminaba sus actuaciones tirando el micrófono así que nos referimos a eso como "tirar el micrófono".
EN: We needed the film equivalent of a mic drop sort of moment.
ES: Necesitábamos el equivalente en cine a tirar el micrófono.
EN: I believe that's what they call a "mic drop."
ES: Creo que a eso lo llaman "tirar el micrófono".
EN: And mic drop. Who's next?
ES: Y fuera micro. ¿A quién le toca?
EN: Atom of hydrogen, Adam of Maroon 5, mic drop.
ES: Átomo de hidrógeno, Adam de Maroon 5, ¡genio!
EN: Crushed it, literal mic drop.
ES: Lo he bordado, literalmente un gran espectáculo.
EN: That's a mic drop.
ES: Eso es una caída.
EN: You dunked on my mic drop, man.
ES: Me has chafado mi momento triunfal.
EN: That is a perfect mic drop moment.
ES: Con eso, no hay nada más que decir.
EN: I don't think senator Mike Lee knows what a "mic drop" moment is.
ES: El senador Mike Lee no sabe qué significa "no hay nada más que decir".
EN: I'm gonna do my first mic drop.
ES: Publicaré mi primer SnapChat.
EN: D'Amato mic drop!
ES: D'Amato mic drop!
EN: You really need like a mic drop catchphrase after you do some cool shit.
ES: Realmente necesitas como una caída de micrófono eslogan después de hacer algo de mierda genial.
EN: "That's why you don't mess with electricity." [mimics mic drop]
ES: "Es por eso que no te metes Con electricidad. "[Imita la caída del micrófono]
EN: Mic drop, mic drop.
ES: Micrófono fuera, micrófono fuera.

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