English-Spanish translations for corset

corséEsta elección, en sí evidente, no se debe convertir en un corsé. This choice, in itself an obvious one, must not, however, become a restrictive corset. La Unión no debe imponerse un corsé constitucional que podría quedarle demasiado estrecho de aquí a unos años. The Union should not let itself be forced into a constitutional corset that could become too tight for it in just a few years' time. Salta a la vista que el Sr. Jarzembowski es un fiel seguidor de Oscar Wilde, quien dijo, muy sabiamente, que «la coherencia de los argumentos es el corsé de las mentes estrechas». It is obvious that Mr Jarzembowski is a devotee of Oscar Wilde, who said, wisely, that 'consistency in argument is the corset of small minds' .

A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust
To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset
To restrict or confine

Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
"I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!" she exclaimed.

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