swaddling clothes | Idiomator

Meaning: Agarment, made of strips of cloth, used tobindaninfantandrestrictmovementof itslimbs.1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC:Luke 2:7And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him inswaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn; (idiomatic)An early period in development,infancy, the beginnings of something;inception.1952,Steel Industry Union Strife Has Been In Progress For Even Century, "The Day" issue of June the 4th, 1952The steel—industry woreswaddling clotheswhen the firstwalkoutoccurred exactly 100 years ago.1954,Academy Site May Be Chosen May 15, St Petersburg Times, 11 May issueThe Air Force Academy, baby brother to West Point and Annapolis, is crawling out of itsswaddling clothes.

Examples:

EN: But how can he get down if he's in swaddling clothes?
ES: ¿Pero cómo va a caerse si todavía lleva pañales?
EN: We can't even afford swaddling clothes for the baby.
ES: Ni siquiera podemos permitirnos pañales para el bebé.
EN: And she brought forth her first born son, wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger.
ES: Y dio a luz a su hijo primogénito, lo envolvió en pañales y lo acostó en un pesebre.
EN: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. "
ES: Hallaréis al niño envuelto en pañales, acostado en un pesebre".
EN: Ogden, my dear boy, I haven't seen you since you were in swaddling clothes.
ES: Ogden, mi querido niño, no te veía desde que usabas pantalón corto.
EN: Even my swaddling clothes were khaki.
ES: Hasta mis pañales eran de color caqui.
EN: you will find the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
ES: Encontrarán al niño envuelto en mantillas... acostado en un pesebre.
EN: That's me lying there, still in my swaddling clothes.
ES: Estoy envuelto en pañales.
EN: They're his swaddling clothes, his bonnet!
ES: i Lo veis, es su pañal, su gorrito!
EN: Monster child in many-hued swaddling clothes!
ES: ¡Un niño monstruo vestido en ropas de mil colores!
EN: Cut me an end of its swaddling clothes.
ES: Córtame un trozo de sus pañales.
EN: Because there must be a Russian people in swaddling clothes.
ES: Porque debe haber gente rusa en pañales.
EN: Can you believe she expected me to squire her around town while the dude sits at home in swaddling clothes?
ES: ¿Puedes creer que esperaba que la escoltara mientras el tipo estaba en casa en pañales?
EN: Do they make swaddling clothes for adults?
ES: ¿Hacen pañales para adultos?
EN: It says swaddling clothes.
ES: Dice "lo envolvió en pañales".

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