toe the line

acatar las normas, seguir la línea

Cumplir las reglas o comportarse como espera un grupo o quien tiene autoridad.

En inglés sencillo: To follow rules or do what a group or person in charge expects.

• Everyone here must toe the line.
• She lost her job for refusing to toe the line.
• The party expects its members to toe the line.

Sinónimos: obey, conform, comply

Antónimos: rebel, disobey

Expresiones frecuentes: toe the line, toe the party line

estar en el límite, rozar la frontera

Estar muy cerca del límite entre dos cualidades o estados distintos.

En inglés sencillo: To be very close to the boundary between two different qualities or states.

• Her stories toe the line between fact and fiction.
• The advertisement toed the line between honesty and deception.
• Does this behaviour toe the line between legal and illegal?

Cómo se usa: toe the line between A and B (His jokes toe the line between funny and cruel.)

Sinónimos: straddle the boundary, walk the line

Expresiones frecuentes: toe the line, toe the line between

colocarse en la línea de salida

Colocarse en la línea de salida antes de una carrera a pie.

En inglés sencillo: To take your place at the starting line before a running race.

• The runners toed the line.
• She will toe the line at her first marathon tomorrow.
• He was nervous as he toed the line before the final.

Cómo se usa: toe the line at a race (Hundreds of runners toed the line at the city marathon.)

Sinónimos: take one's starting position

Expresiones frecuentes: toe the line, toe the line again