Translation for "inclinar la balanza" to english

Inclinar la balanza

verb

• turn the scales

Translation examples

turn the scales verb

Los dhuvianos intervendrán, y les basta con las armas que ya poseen para inclinar la balanza en contra de nosotros.
The Dhuvians will intervene and even the weapons they already have will turn the scale against us.

Estuvo en el Ministerio de Asuntos Interiores hasta que se retiró y su influencia hizo inclinar la balanza para que pudiéramos comenzar.
He was at the Home Office until he retired, and his influence turned the scales in getting this started.

La barahúnda hizo inclinar la balanza: los americanos, que habían perdido a su valiente coronel Francis, redujeron el fuego, y nosotros cargamos a la bayoneta.
The hullabaloo turned the scale: the Americans, who had lost their brave Colonel Francis, slackened their fire, and we charged with the bayonet.

Que fuera soltero obraba en su favor y quizás habría bastado para inclinar la balanza aunque las pretensiones personales de Edward Freely hubieran sido totalmente insignificantes.
His being a bachelor was in his favour, and would perhaps have been enough to turn the scale, even if Mr. Edward Freely's other personal pretensions had been of an entirely insignificant cast.

Ni siquiera el descubrimiento de que se estaban instalando unos hornos en el local y que la tienda se estaba adaptando para convertirse en un negocio de pastelería y repostería, hasta la fecha desconocido en Grimworth, fue suficiente para inclinar la balanza en favor del recién llegado, aunque la tabernera del Woolpack lo defendiera calurosamente y dijera que le parecía un joven muy inteligente y, por lo que podía deducir, de muy buena familia;
Even the discovery that ovens were being put up on the premises, and that the shop was, in fact, being fitted up for a confectioner and pastry-cook's business, hitherto unknown in Grimworth, did not quite suffice to turn the scale in the newcomer's favour, though the landlady at the Woolpack defended him warmly, said he seemed to be a very clever young man, and from what she could make out, came of a very good family;