slap leather | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,idiomatic)To make a quick motion to draw one'shandgunfrom itsholster, especially in aduelin theOld West.2001August 17,Stephen Hunter, “'American Outlaws': The Young And the West-less”, inWashington Post, retrieved7 July 2015:[T]he western . . . provides a ready armature for other dramas that have nothing to do withslapping leather, riding horseflesh or kissing purty gals.2010, “Movies: Destry (1954)”, inNew York Times, retrieved7 July 2015:Murphy plays Tom Destry, the peace-loving son of a notorious gunslinger. . . . Though he prefers to talk rather thanslap leather, Destry manages to keep the bad guys at bay.2015April 20, Kelly Bostian, “Quick-draw cowboys face off to find Oklahoma's fastest guns”, inTulsa World, retrieved7 July 2015:With .45s strapped to their sides, gunslingers—30 men, six women, even an 11-year-old kid—slogged through the mud in their cowboy boots to reach a dirt-caked boardwalk where, one after another, theyslapped leatherto see who would reign as Oklahoma’s fastest gun.

Examples:

EN: It was just asking somebody to slap leather with you
ES: Estás pidiendo que alguien te dispare.
EN: There's only three men in these parts I can't slap leather with One is Monte Jarrad
ES: Sólo hay tres hombres por aquí con los que puedo competir. Uno de ellos es Monte Jarrad...
EN: I scarcely heard you slap leather.
ES: No se ha oído ni un roce.
EN: Johnny Carver's the only man in Texas who'll slap leather faster than Sam Bass.
ES: Johnny Carver es el único hombre de Texas que es más rápido que Sam Bass.
EN: Then when she yells action, we slap leather.
ES: Y cuando grite acción. Golpeamos cuero.
EN: Any one of you you lily-livered, bowlegged varmints care to slap leather with me? !
ES: ¿Alguno de ustedes, vaqueros de ínfima categoría es tan valiente como para enfrentarse conmigo?
EN: Well, I suggest you slap leather and get the hell out of my way.
ES: Pues sugiero que desenfundes y te quites de mi camino.
ID: Yah, aku sarankan kau menampar kulit dan menyingkir dari jalanku.
EN: Boots and saddle, slap leather and ride.
ES: Botas y monturas, correr y montar.
ID: Sepatu Boots dan pelana, tepukan di kulit dan berkendara.
EN: You slap leather.
ID: Anda menampar kulit.
EN: Any one of you you lily-livered, bowlegged varmints care to slap leather with me?
ID: "Apa ada di antara kalian pengecut, pengacau berkaki busur..." "...mau adu menembak denganku?"

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