on a tear | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Engagedin acontinuous,fast-pacedprocessionof actions or events, especially with favorable results.1981April 13, “Sport: Raging Bull of Basketball”, inTime, retrieved28 August 2015:[T]he team wason a tear, having laid waste to three early round tournament opponents by a total victory margin of 82 points.2014November 7,Dan Hardy, “Michael Bisping analysis”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved28 August 2015:To say he wenton a tearafter turning professional would be an understatement. He went fourteen fights without tasting defeat.2015July 9,William D. Cohan, “The Bumbling, Irrelevant New York Stock Exchange”, inNew York Times, retrieved28 August 2015:[T]he market has beenon a tearfor more than six years and continues to trade near record highs.; (idiomatic)In or into aprotractedstate ofagitation,fury, orzeal.2001May 29,Thomas L. Friedman, “Foreign Affairs: 95 to 5”, inNew York Times, retrieved28 August 2015:Congress has been hopping mad and the U.N.-haters have beenon a tear.2012September 27,Wesley Morris, “‘How to Survive a Plague’ looks back at AIDS activism’s power”, inBoston Globe, retrieved28 August 2015:[W]hen the gay activist and playwright Larry Kramer goeson a tear, when he really lays into somebody about being politically lazy or not wearing a condom,. . . [y]ou hear rage.; (idiomatic)Bingedrinking;engagedin aboutofheavyconsumption ofalcoholicbeverages; on abender.2013, T. C. Boyle,T.C. Boyle Stories II: The Collected Stories of T. Coraghessan Boyle,→ISBN:The man I want to tell you about, the one I met at the bar at Jimmy's Steak House, wason a tear. Hardly surprising, since this was a bar, after all, and what do people do at bars except drink, and one drink leads to another -- and if you're in a certain frame of mind, I suppose, you don't stop for a day or two or maybe more.1998, Dana Stabenow,Fire and Ice, page77:That Kelly, when he goeson a tear, he don't wait for the bars to open.

Examples:

EN: Sam goes on a tear up in the city and picks up a woman, some foreign actress, and he's going across the country with her.
ES: Sam salió de juerga por la ciudad, conoció a una actriz extranjera... ahora recorre el país con ella en un compartimento privado.
EN: I don't know, you must have been out on a tear last night.
ES: Pues, no sé. Debí olvidar algo la noche de anoche.
EN: I got a hunch we're gonna have some trouble with McLaren and that jury on a tear.
ES: Presiento que vamos a tener problemas con McLaren y ese jurado de juerga.
EN: I feel like going off on a tear.
ES: Tengo ganas de irme de farra.
EN: I'll wear all my best clothes, and we'll go on a tear.
ES: Llevaré mi mejor ropa y daremos un festín.
EN: It's been on the ground in Savannah since yesterday, and he's off on a tear.
ES: Está en Savannah desde ayer y él se fue de copas.
EN: Go on a tear.
ES: Ir en una lágrima.
EN: You're out on a tear with Boo. Your folks are 80 miles away.
ES: Estás de juerga con Boon a más de 100 km de casa.
EN: She was on a tear about Ireland.
ES: Estaba loca por irse a Irlanda.
EN: -Trouble. Wild Willie is on a tear.
ES: - Willie "el rudo" entró en acción.
EN: - He's been on a tear all morning.
ES: - Ha estado así toda la mañana.
EN: "Nice outfit, Ivanova." And then go on a tear.
ES: "Bonita ropa, Ivanova". Y después empezar a gritar.
EN: You're the easily deceived type who sleeps on a tear-soaked pillow.
ES: Eres de esos que se dejan engatusar para después llorar en la almohada...
EN: She was on a tear. Jeanne's a sweet girl, usually, but when she starts drinking she starts getting in trouble.
ES: Jeanne era estupenda pero cuando empezaba a beber seguro que se metía en problemas.
EN: Ever since Evan took the company public, the old man's been on a tear, claiming Evan stole the business he built from the ground up.
ES: - Sí. Evan hizo que la compañía cotizara en la bolsa y el viejo decía que Evan había robado la empresa que él había fundado.

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