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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. A WATCHED POT never boils. In: Collins Dictionary. Glasgow: HarperCollins, [2024?]. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lKge. Acesso em: 24 dez. 2024.
1. ✰ "Even on rainy days, we're having a whale of a time in Juneau." (Holland, 2022). (Mesmo nos dias chuvosos, estamos nos divertindo pacas em Juneau.)
2. ✰ "We've tried a whale of places in Budapest before we made our list up." (The best lunch, 2012). (Nós tentamos lugares à beça em Budapeste antes de fazermos nossa lista.)
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1. A WHALE OF (something). In: Fish, Insect and Reptile Idioms and Quizzes: Fish, Insect and Reptile Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/uxf2z. Acesso em: 21 jun. 2023.
2. HOLLAND America Line. Even on rainy days, we're having a whale of a time in Juneau. [S.l.], 24 mai. 2022. Instagram: @hollandamericaline. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/egwlu. Acesso em: 21 jun. 2023.
3. PACAS. In: AULETE, Francisco J. Caldas et al. Aulete Digital. Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital ltda., [2006?]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/5sata. Acesso em: 21 jun. 2023.
4. THE BEST LUNCH Menu in Budapest. Best Budapest, 4 dez. 2012. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/a1t44. Acesso em: 21 jun. 2023.
Veja também: A closed mouth catches no flies.
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1. "'A wise head makes a close mouth is a proverb that suggests that a person who possesses wisdom..." In: ChatGPT. OpenAI. Disponível em: chat.openai.com/c. Acesso em: 24 dez. 2024.
2. PROVERBS 10:19. New American Standard Bible. [S.l.]: Bible Hub. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/bs9w0v. Acesso em: 19 jul. 2023.
Veja também: A nod is as good as a wink to a blind man.
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1. A WORD TO THE WISE is enough. In: English Club. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/o0786. Acesso em: 28 jan. 2023.
Esta expressão surgiu em 1775 quando a Lloyd's, uma seguradora britânica, atribuiu letras (A, B, C etc.) para a condição dos cascos dos navios, e números (1, 2, 3 etc.) para seus cabos, âncoras e outros equipamentos. No início do século XIX, A-1 passou a significar qualquer coisa de qualidade superior. (Ibidem, trad. própria).
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1. A-one. In: AMMER, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. 2. ed. Boston & Nova York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/g9uo9. Acesso em: 4 fev. 2024.
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1. ABIDE by a decision. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3sh15qp. Acesso em: 5 fev. 2022.
2. BEEHIVE. Response to Air NZ-Qantas decision. beehive.govt.nz, 21 set. 2004. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3ous9Bl. Acesso em: 5 fev. 2022.
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1. ABLE TO (do something) standing on one's head. In: Head Idioms and Quizzes: Head Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/35mdkj. Acesso em: 16 set. 2021.
Veja também: with both hands tied behind one's back.
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1. ABLE TO (do something) with one's eyes closed/shut. In: Eye Idioms and Quizzes: Eye Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3tk5EAp. Acesso em: 7 set. 2021.
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1. ABOVE board. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/m7rrg. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
2. YANG, Angelica Y. Electric co-op leaders call for resignations of Cusi, NEA chief. Pholstar Global, 16 fev. 2022. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/9b7p7. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
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1. ABOVE SUSPICION. In: AMMER, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. 2. ed. Boston & Nova York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/g9uo9. Acesso em: 29 nov. 2023.
2. GOVERNORS of the Almhouse; The Death of Mr. Isaac Townsend. The New York Times, Nova York, 3 abr. 1860. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/qzvni. Acesso em: 29 nov. 2023.
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