rise to the occasion

Meaning: (idiomatic)To showresolveoreffectivenessin dealing with adifficulty.Synonym:rise to the challenge1874,Thomas Hardy, chapter 15, inFar from the Madding Crowd:Gabriel, though one of the quietest and most gentle men on earth,rose to the occasion, with martial promptness and vigour. "That's my fist. . . . Now — the first man in the parish that I hear prophesying bad of our mistress, why" (here the fist was raised and let fall as Thor might have done with his hammer in assaying it) — "he'll smell and taste that."1902,Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 38, inThe Great Boer War:As it happened, this particular ordeal was exceedingly severe, but nothing can excuse the absolute failure of the troops concerned torise to the occasion.2011January 10,David Von Drehle, “The Real Lesson of the Tucson Tragedy”, inTime, retrieved9 May 2015:How many times have we heard this story? The one about peoplerising to the occasion, storming the cockpit of the hijacked jet, racing into the burning building, tackling the gunman, saving a life.; (idiomatic,euphemistic,humorous)Toachieveanerectionduringsexual intercourse.2001, John R. Williams,The Life of Goethe: A Critical Biography:To his comic fury and shame, the traveller's 'master part' fails torise to the occasion, and the girl's innocence is preserved.

Examples:

EN: - I hate people who rise to the occasion.
ES: Odio a la gente que está a la altura de las circunstancias.
EN: I simply couldn't rise to the occasion, that was all.
ES: Simplemente no he estado a la altura de las circunstancias.
EN: Just be sure you rise to the occasion.
ES: Estando a la altura.
EN: Well, you must rise to the occasion.
ES: Pues bien, tú debes de estar a la altura.
EN: As long as there are monsters like you, there are men who are willing to rise to the occasion to challenge you for the opportunity to stop you!
ES: Mientras haya monstruos como tú habrá hombres dispuestos a arriesgarse retándote para tener la oportunidad de detenerte!
EN: That no matter what the future brings, man's capacity to rise to the occasion will remain unaltered.
ES: Que no importa lo que traerá el futuro, la capacidad del hombre de ponerse a la altura de las circunstancias se mantiene inalterada.
EN: Do rise to the occasion! This sacrifice can only be performed within the temple.
ES: Este sacrificio sólo puede llevarse a cabo dentro del templo.
EN: Why did he get married when he didn't rise to the occasion.
ES: ¿Por qué se casó si no estaba a la altura?
EN: We didn't rise to the occasion.
ES: Los chinos no tenemos poder.
EN: It's a grave tale, Snipe, and difficult to write, but I am sure you can rise to the occasion.
ES: Es una historia sombría y difícil de escribir, pero estoy seguro de que estarás a la altura.
EN: The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise to the occasion!
ES: ¡La ocasión se llena dificultades, y tenemos que llegar lejos!
EN: People are fundamentally good, present company excluded and I believe if you give them a chance to live up to their obligations, they'll rise to the occasion.
ES: Yo lo haría por ti. - ¿ Y luego nos vamos? - Luego podemos irnos.
EN: My friend, there comes a time in every man's life... where he must rise to the occasion.
ES: Amigo llega un momento en la vida que todo hombre cuando creces.
EN: That husband of yours still can't rise to the occasion?
ES: ¿Ese marido tuyo aún no se levanta para la ocasión?
EN: Like yeast, we rise to the occasion.
ES: Como la levadura, estamos a la altura de las circunstancias.

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