Queer Street | Idiomator

Meaning: (boxing)Astunnedcondition.1957August 10, “Cronin's Corner”, inLos Angeles Times:In any event, the German slugger nailed down 21 of his 39 victories by putting his opponent onQueer Streetvia the knockout route.1971March 9, “In the Wake of the News”, inChicago Tribune:Frazier had him onQueer Streetin the 11th round. ... He was glad he got offQueer Street.; (UK,dated)Adifficultcircumstance, especiallybankruptcy;hard times.1818, Thomas Hudson,Comic Songs, page23:But soon they led aQueer-streetlife, / 'Twas what she'd not expected / Like cat and dog, with snarl and strife, / And love and lamps neglected. / About his work he would not wag2009March 17, “The dangers of commerce in medical care”, inYorkshire Post:The only reason Ms Beverley-Stevenson and her two companies are in business is to make a profit, otherwise she and her partners would be onQueer Street.1927March 5,Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, inThe Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.:A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, publishedJune 1927,→OCLC,page277:He is one of those men who have overshot their true generation. He should have been a buck in the days of the Regency—a boxer, an athlete, a plunger on the Turf, a lover of fair ladies, and, by all account, so far downQueer Streetthat he may never find his way back again.Suspiciouscircumstances.1852March –1853September,Charles Dickens,Bleak House, London:Bradbury and Evans,[…], published1853,→OCLC:I found the wadding of the pistol with which the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn was shot. It was a bit of the printed description of your house at Chesney Wold. Not much in that, you'll say, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. No. But when my foreign friend here is so thoroughly off her guard as to think it a safe time to tear up the rest of that leaf, and when Mrs. Bucket puts the pieces together and finds the wadding wanting, it begins to look likeQueer Street.

Examples:

EN: But if we start giving a free hand to the manager of a minor branch, we'd find ourselves in Queer Street.
ES: Pero si empezamos a tolerar iniciativas en una sucursal nos encontraremos Dios sabe donde.
EN: Well, let us just say you are in Queer Street and leave it at that.
ES: Digamos que estás sin blanca y dejémoslo ahí.
EN: Otherwise you would find yourself in Queer Street.
ES: En caso contrario se vería Ud. en la calle Queer.
EN: They're not far off Queer Street.
ES: Tienen serios problemas económicos.
EN: Well, by all accounts, he's so far down Queer Street, he may never find his way back again. I received a letter from John Mason, the head trainer at Shoscombe.
ES: He recibido una carta de John Mason su entrenador jefe en Shoscombe.
EN: Out of nowhere comes her right hand, and Nancy's on Queer Street.
ES: , su derecha viene de la nada, y Nancy está knock-out.
EN: Queer Street.
ES: Por la Calle de los Maricones.
EN: We'll be in Queer Street if she don't come round.
ES: Estaremos en la calle si ella no cambia de parecer.
EN: I'd rather be in Queer Street with you than Park Lane with any other.
ES: Prefiero estar en la calle contigo antes que en un palacio con cualquier otro.
EN: Comer is on Queer Street, walking towards the Carter sideline.
ES: Comer está mareado y va hacia la banca de Carter.
EN: Sparkler and I do not intend to be paying off Mr Merdle's old bills, otherwise we shall soon find ourselves in Queer Street.
ES: Sparkler y yo no tenemos intención de pagar las deudas de Mr. Merdle, sino también acabaríamos en Queer Street.
EN: Look, Guv'nor, fact is, I find myself in Queer Street.
ES: Mira, Governador, el hecho es, me metí a mi mismo en un aprieto.
EN: In Queer Street.
ES: En un gran problema.
EN: Muhammad, uh, I don't want to see you end up on Queer Street.
ID: Muhammad, aku tak mau melihatmu berakhir di Jalan Queer.
EN: There's an old boxing term called Queer Street, which means a guy...
ID: Itu istilah tinju kuno, disebut Jalan Queer, yang artinya...

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