Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
a stretch
Spanish translation:
Pide mucho / es mucho pedir
English term
a stretch
Jan 26, 2013 01:01: Paul García changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/8485">Paul García's</a> old entry - "a stretch"" to ""Pide mucho con ese argumento / es mucho pedir con ese argumento / es poco argumento""
Proposed translations
Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
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Pide mucho con ese argumento / es mucho pedir con ese argumento / es poco argumento
If something is a "stretch" - we aren't necessarily going to come up with a direct noun for noun translation.
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
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traido por los pelos
Argentina
Marketing, Travel & Tourism, IT
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Uruguayan, Latin American, Peruvian, Colombian, Argentine, Chilean, Mexican, Standard-Spain)
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una argucia
Native in: Spanish
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forzado
| agree |
jacana54 (X)
10 hrs
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United States
ponderación sin fundamento/infundada
The highest standards of quality
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish to English
Discussion
De acuerdo con Noni. El juez le recrimina que "estire" (igual sentido figurado en ambos idiomas) los fundamentos y/o hechos probados para intentar justificar unas conclusiones cuando menos temerarias. Una argumentación especulativa.
También tiene razón al decir que buscar una equivalencia sustantivo/sustantivo probablemente es un callejón sin salida.