with a vengeance | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)With anintensemotivation; in anextreme, intense, orviolentmanner.1651, Samuel Clarke,A General Martyrologie, Underhill (London), ch. 27 "The Original Progress and Practice of the Spanish Inquisition," p. 209:With which intolerable pains if the party shriek or cry out, they roar out as loud to him to confess the truth, or else he shall come downwith a vengeance.1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan,The School for Scandal:Yes, egad, they are tenacious of reputationwith a vengeance, for they don't choose anybody should have a character but themselves!1779, “Miscellaneous Essays: From Dr. Beattie'sEssay on Music and Poetry”, in Edmund Burke, editor,The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1778, London: Dodsley:It is said, that in the first representation ofthe Furiesof Eschylus, the horror of the spectacle was so great, that several women miscarried; which was indeed pathoswith a vengeance.1851November 14,Herman Melville, chapter 16, inMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers; London:Richard Bentley,→OCLC:They are fighting Quakers; they are Quakerswith a vengeance.1966Sep, Charles A. Berst, “Propaganda and Art inMrs Warren's Profession”, inELH, volume33, number 3, page404:From the first, she is the New Womanwith a vengeance, loving nothing better than a chair, whisky, cigars and a detective story.

Examples:

EN: What you might call putting a feather in your cap with a vengeance.
ES: Así sí que los pueden emplumar.
ES: Así sí que los pueden emplumar.
EN: -That's getting even with a vengeance.
ES: - Eso es igualar una venganza.
EN: This was keil and kessle with a vengeance.
ES: Esto era Keil und Kessle con venganza.
EN: From now on, i play the field with a vengeance.
ES: Desde ahora, toca la venganza.
EN: Your gardens of the dead are here tonight with a vengeance, Jenny.
ES: Tus jardines de los muertos han venido esta noche con una venganza, Jenny.
EN: She's crossed my path with a vengeance.
ES: Ella se ha cruzado violentamente en mi camino.
EN: The enemy has played host with a vengeance.
ES: El enemigo se ha defendido con ganas.
EN: The tables have turned with a vengeance.
ES: Los planos han cambiado absolutamente.
ES: Los planos se han cambiado absolutamente.
EN: They'll be after us with a vengeance now.
ES: No podemos quedarnos en esto mucho más. Irán detrás nuestra con una venganza ahora.
EN: Found it... with a vengeance. Someone forgot to shout "fore."
ES: ¿Ha perdido una pelota, Mr.
EN: Spencer wasn't in sympathy with the ghost, but it put in an appearance for him, with a vengeance.
ES: Spencer no sentía compasión, pero se le apareció el fantasma.
EN: He hates man with a vengeance.
ES: Odia a los hombres a muerte.
EN: Then, in 1798 the French got a leader with a vengeance.
ES: Luego, en 1798 los franceses consiguieron un líder con una venganza.
EN: ♪ All that you've said has come true with a vengeance ♪
ES: Todo lo que dijiste se cumplió con creces
EN: I hate that woman with a vengeance, a passion.
ES: Odio a esa mujer con toda mi alma, con pasión.

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