contra las cuerdas
Spanish
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (boxing, professional wrestling) on the ropes (leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring, as when exhausted and nearing defeat or collapse)
- (idiomatic, figuratively, by extension) on the ropes (showing signs of imminent failure or collapse)
Further reading
[edit]- “contra las cuerdas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10