blanco1

blanco1
1 = target, butt, bull's eye.
Ex. Paid employees can have targets set for them and their prospects may well depend upon their meeting these targets.
Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
Ex. It has been dubbed the 'Bull's-Eye' due to its five layers, represented as concentric circles.
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* blanco de las bromas, el = butt of jokes, the.
* blanco en movimiento = moving target.
* blanco fácil = ripe target, sitting duck.
* blanco móvil = moving target.
* blanco perfecto = sitting duck.
* blanco seguro = sitting duck.
* conseguir ser el blanco de todas las miradas = grab + the limelight.
* conseguir ser el blanco de todas las miradas = capture + spotlight, grab + the spotlight.
* dar en el blanco = hit + the bull's eye, strike + home, put + Posesivo + finger on, hit + the truth, hit + home.
* en el blanco de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.
* expresión en blanco = blank look.
* justo en el blanco = dead on target.
* ser el blanco de = be a pushover for.
* ser el blanco de las críticas = come under + fire.

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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