trial by fire | Idiomator

Meaning: Atestin which a person is exposed to flames in order toassesstheirtruthfulness,commitment,courageetc.1863,George Eliot, chapter 63, inRomola:“[I]t seems to me Fra Francesco is the greater hero, for he offers to enter the fire for the truth, though he is sure the fire will burn him.” . . .“It is true, Messer Segretario,” said the shopkeeper, with subdued impatience. “But will you favour us by interpreting the Latin?”“Assuredly,” said Tito. “It does but express the conclusions or doctrines which the Frate specially teaches, and which thetrial by fireis to prove true or false.”1892,H. Rider Haggard, chapter 10, inNada the Lily:And he pointed with his little assegai, the assegai handled with the royal wood, to where the fire glowed reddest—ay, he pointed and laughed. Then, my father, I grew cold indeed—yes, I grew cold who soon should be hot, for I saw the purpose of Chaka. He would put me to thetrial by fire.1922,Sax Rohmer, chapter 34, inFire-Tongue:[T]he final test, thetrial by fire, which took place in a subterranean chamber of the great temple, resulted in a candidate whose courage failed him being precipitated into that lake of flame which I have already described.; A situation in which a soldier or othercombatantfaces thedischargeof opposing weapons, as a test of theirfortitude.1939September 8, “Swiss Hear Heavy Guns”, inReading Eagle, USA, retrieved15 July 2012, page 8:French troops, submitting to atrial by fire, drew toward the German forts, capturing and holding some machine-gun nests.1959June 22, “Cinema”, inTime:Pork Chop Hill. Director Lewis Milestone . . . has produced a nerve-shattering study of how the American infantryman met histrial by firein Korea.; (idiomatic,by extension)Anyordealwhich tests one'sstrength,enduranceorresolve.1918,Stewart Edward White, chapter 5, inThe Forty-Niners:But take it all in all, the overland trail was atrial by fire. One gets a notion of its deadliness from the fact that over five thousand people died of cholera alone.2001June 18, Jessica Reaves, “Will Your Doctor Get More Reasonable Hours?”, inTime:Now, residents' legendary 100+-hour workweek may be on its way out. . . . Some doctors insist the long hours are a necessarytrial by firethat produces highly skilled, virtually unflappable physicians.

Examples:

EN: You remember the dramatic test, the trial by fire... how, on the parched, sunbaked slopes of Carmel...
ES: Ustedes recordarán la dramática prueba, la ordalía del fuego. En las resecas laderas del monte Carmelo cocidas por el sol...
EN: It was a trial by fire.
ES: fue una prueba de fuego.
EN: How about trial by fire?
ES: Probemos con fuego.
EN: And there he is undergoing a... trial by fire before the Sultan.
ES: Y allí está él sufriendo una... prueba de fuego ante el Sultán.
EN: - So, your father thought trial by fire might be the cure for you?
ES: ¿Así que tu padre pensó.. .. que una prueba de fuego, sería la mejor cura para ti?
EN: Love is not an easy path' understand ye all... lt's a trial by fire to be crossed bravely.
ES: El amor no es un camino fácil, entendedlo todos vosotros... Vale Es una prueba de fuego que con valentía hay que pasar.
EN: "How helpless are we' what is this trial by fire..." "we stand so close yet we are so far"
ES: Qué indefensos estamos, qué es este juicio de fuego... estamos tan cerca y aun así tan alejados
EN: Think of it as trial by fire. A quest.
ES: Piensa que es una prueba de fuego.
EN: If you were rich, all these ordeals were a trial by fire, a kind of admission card to the ruling class.
ES: Si eras rico, todo este calvario era una prueba de fuego, una especia de tarjeta de admisión a la clase dirigente.
EN: [ Narrator ] But the trial by fire had yet to begin.
ES: La prueba de fuego aún no había empezado.
EN: You've had your trial by fire, so now they truly believe in you.
ES: Tuviste tu juicio de fuego así que ahora realmente creen en ti.
EN: Why these hurdles, why this trial by fire?
ES: ¿Por qué estos obstáculos? ¿Por qué este juicio de fuego?
EN: The trial by fire.
ES: La prueba del fuego.
EN: "And so has he passed the trial by fire."
ES: "Y así ha pasado la prueba de fuego. "
EN: Richard Hammond faces trial by fire and I drive a Ferrari on the Moon.
ES: Richard Hammond se enfrenta al fuego y yo conduzco un Ferrari en la Luna.

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