siren song | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Anenticingbutdangerousappeal, especially amisleadingone.1914,Jack London, “The Sea Farmer”, inThe Strength of the Strong:Romance never sang to him hersiren song, and Adventure had never shouted in his sluggish blood.2009March 26, Michael Elliott, “Global Trade: The Road to Ruin”, inTime:Said World Bank president Robert Zoellick: "Leaders must not heed thesiren songof protectionist fixes. Economic isolationism can lead to a negative spiral of events."2024September 8, HarryBlank, “Nothing Happens”, inSCP Foundation‎[1], archived fromthe originalon3 October 2024:They found Xinyi Du at the apex of the DUAL Core, a massive quantum computer which plunged away below them where a series of catwalks and maintenance accesses buzzed with drones and shone with dozens of blinking indicators. It was spinning; Wettle had never understood what practical reason a computer might have to spin, but perhaps it wasn't practical at all. Most of the Foundation's best scientists succumbed to some extent to thesiren songof the rule of cool.2025May 8, Ned Temko, “Centrists’ only weapon against the far right: Good government”, inThe Christian Science Monitor:Can center-ground politicians, who have long dominated democratic governments, find a way to quiet thesiren songof angry, antiestablishment nationalism? And will America’s maestro of thesiren song,President Donald Trump, prove a powerful inspiration, or a cautionary tale, for voters in other democracies?

Examples:

EN: Oh, Lis, she's already drawn me to her with her beautiful siren song.
ES: Lis, ya me atrajo con su hermosa canción de sirena.
EN: Power beckons. And who among us is strong enough to ignore its siren song?
ES: El poder llama. ¿Y quién entre nosotros tiene la fuerza para ignorar su canto de sirena?
EN: With the wedding approaching, Miranda fell prey to the siren song of a singles event.
ES: Faltando poco para la boda Miranda se dejó tentar por un encuentro para solteros.
EN: Just a lot babbling about "renouncing the toxic death style... of a late-stage capitalist society"... and "un-remembering the consumer siren song."
ES: Mucho parloteo acerca de "renunciar a la muerte tóxica de la etapa final de la sociedad capitalista" y "no recordar la canción del consumo compulsivo".
EN: But when you spend a lot of time with bears, especially when you're in the field with them day after day, there's a siren song, there's a calling that makes you wanna come in and spend more time in the world.
ES: Pero cuando pasas mucho tiempo entre los osos... especialmente en el campo, y estas todos los días con ellos... surge cierto atractivo, cierta vocación... que te empuja a que pases más tiempo en ese mundo.
EN: You seduced me with your siren song of "let's just stay home.
ES: Me sedujiste con tu canto de sirena de "Quedémonos solos en la casa.
EN: I've heard the siren song of a hot teenage male.
ES: He oído el canto de un adolescente sensual.
EN: ♪ sing your siren song
ES: # Canta tu canción de la sirena
EN: ♪ Sing your siren song
ES: # Canta tu canción de la sirena
ES: # Canta tu canción de la sirena
ES: # Canta tu canción de la sirena
EN: we have to resist its siren song, tear ourselves away to carry on towards the edge of the galaxy
ES: es un canto de sirena, debemos alejarnos... para poder continuar adelante hacia el borde del universo.
EN: He writes of the siren song of the harpy luring sailors to their death.
ES: Escribe sobre el canto de sirena de la arpía atrayendo a los marineros a su muerte.
EN: It's more of a beautiful creatures that prey on men entice them with their siren song.
ES: Es más que una bella criatura que se alimenta de hombres los seduce con su canto de sirena.
EN: That's how I used to lure wayward sailors to their deaths with my siren song.
ES: Así atraje soldados caprichosos a su muerte con mi canción de sirena.
EN: I hear the siren song of starbitches coffee.
ES: Oigo el canto de sirena del Starbitches café.
EN: It's a siren song.
ES: Es un canto de sirena.

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