on ice

sobre hielo, en hielo

En contacto con hielo o colocado sobre él, a veces para mantener algo frío.

En inglés sencillo: Touching or resting on frozen water, sometimes to keep something cold.

• Be careful walking on ice.
• The shop displayed fresh fish on ice.
• She slipped on ice outside the house.

Expresiones frecuentes: skate on ice, slip on ice, fish on ice

en suspenso, aplazado

Detenido o aplazado temporalmente para retomarlo más adelante.

En inglés sencillo: Temporarily stopped or delayed until a later time.

• Our travel plans are on ice.
• They put the merger on ice after the talks failed.
• How long will you keep the project on ice?

Cómo se usa: put/keep something on ice (We put the project on ice until funding arrives.)

Sinónimos: on hold, suspended, postponed

Antónimos: active

Expresiones frecuentes: put something on ice, keep something on ice, plans on ice

sobre hielo

Representado en un espectáculo cuyos actores patinan sobre hielo.

En inglés sencillo: Performed as a show in which the actors skate.

• We saw a fairy tale on ice.
• The theatre company performed the musical on ice last winter.
• Have you seen their new ballet on ice?

Expresiones frecuentes: ballet on ice, musical on ice, show on ice

asegurado, en el bolsillo

Con la victoria tan asegurada que ya no hay dudas sobre el resultado.

En inglés sencillo: So certain to be won that the result is no longer in doubt.

• That goal put the game on ice.
• With a huge lead, they had the victory on ice.
• The captain put the match on ice with a final point.

Cómo se usa: put a game on ice (Their late goal put the game on ice.)

Sinónimos: in the bag, secured

Expresiones frecuentes: put something on ice, game on ice, victory on ice

muerto, asesinado

Que ha muerto, normalmente porque otra persona lo ha matado.

En inglés sencillo: Dead, usually because someone has killed the person.

• The witness is on ice now.
• The crime boss wanted his rival on ice.
• In the film, the killer puts two gangsters on ice.

Cómo se usa: put someone on ice (The gangster ordered his men to put the witness on ice.)

Sinónimos: dead

Antónimos: alive

Expresiones frecuentes: put someone on ice, someone on ice