on account of | Idiomator

Meaning: Onbehalfof the (monetary)accountof;(idiomatic,originallyfigurative)for the sake of.1842August 29,Treaty of Nanking:[…]and His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of Three Millions of dollars,on account ofdebts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong merchants (or Cohong), who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannic Majesty.; (idiomatic)Because of,due to,owing to.1951March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, inRailway Magazine, page157:The rebuilding of damaged stations is proceeding slowly,on account ofthe shortage of building materials and the pressing needs of housing, but steady progress is being made.1991September,Stephen Fry, chapter 1, inThe Liar, London:Heinemann,→ISBN, section I,pages18–19:‘My brother,[…], is at Radley,on account ofmy parents thinking it a bad idea to have us both at the same school.’‘On account ofyour being twins?’ said Adrian.‘Right,on account ofmy mother OD-ing onfertility drugs.[…]’

Examples:

EN: That's on account of your bad planning!
ES: ¡Esto es lo que pasa cuando no se deja testamento!
EN: Don't get in trouble on account of me.
ES: No te metas en líos por mi causa.
EN: He is a desperate character. Mother, he isn't. Whenever a fella shuts up and won't say anything, I've noticed it's generally on account of a woman.
ES: Cualquier tipo que calla y no dice nada, he notado que es a causa de una mujer.
EN: Yes. It is on account of his unexpected return that I call.
ES: Sí, esta visita se debe a su regreso inesperado.
EN: And now I lose that contract all on account of your stupidity.
ES: Perderé ese contrato y todo por culpa de su estupidez.
EN: She has to sleep on the piano on account of the vibration.
ES: Tiene que dormir sobre el piano, por las vibraciones.
EN: And you, the great Cavendish, that none of the young girls in this country can go to sleep on account of.
ES: ¡Y tú, el guapo Cavendish que impide a las mujeres dormir!
EN: Yes, I suppose I got a little sentimental on account of you people.
ES: Estoy sensibilizado con esas personas de vuestro entorno.
EN: Only on account of Buck's temper.
ES: Sólo por el temperamento de Buck.
EN: Now listen. You scrapped with Mitch on account of Jennie here and he fired you.
ES: Escucha... te peleaste con Mitch por Jennie y él te despidió.
EN: The jury wouldn't convict her on account of her baby.
ES: El jurado la absolvió por el bebé.
EN: It's on account of the way his head is shaped.
ES: Es a causa de la manera en que su cabeza está conformada.
EN: Yes, yes, I know he wrote 'em on account of the misspelling.
ES: Sí. Sí. Sé que las escribió él por las faltas de ortografía.
EN: The Post get no tickets for this hanging on account of the lies they been printing!
ES: El "Post" no tiene entradas para este ahorcamiento, a causa de las mentiras que han estado imprimiendo.
EN: I thought it'd make a nice feature on account of the name.
ES: Me encantaría hacer un artículo fenomenal a cuenta del nombre.

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