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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
1. ✰ Buzz off! I'm trying to concentrate here. (Cai fora! Estou tentando me concentrar aqui.)
2. ✰ When the kids started teasing Billy, he told them to buzz off and leave him alone. (Quando as crianças começaram a provocar o Billy, ele disse para elas irem embora e deixá-lo em paz.)
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1. BUZZ OFF. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: (URL). Acesso em: 10 jan. 2025.
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1. A CLOSE CALL. In: Collins Dictionary. Glasgow: HarperCollins, [2023?]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/cxjb8. Acesso em: 7 ago. 2023.
2. KERKENDALL Chapter 11. Quizlet. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/2XbDewf. Acesso em: 10 set. 2021.
Veja também: by a close call.
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1. A CLOSE SHAVE. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/83rxu. Acesso em: 7 ago. 2023.
1. ✰ "Blue house won the competition by a hair's breadth" (BSD). (A Blue House ganhou a competição por pouco.)
2. ✰ The driver narrowly avoided the accident by a hair's breadth, swerving the car just in time to miss the oncoming vehicle. (O motorista evitou o acidente por um triz, desviando o carro bem a tempo de perder o veículo que se aproximava.)
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1. BY A HAIR'S BREADTH. What Does By A Hair’s Breadth Mean? Writing Explained. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/rt08g. Acesso em: 7 ago. 2023.
1. ✰ The kitchen helper attempted to replicate the chef's signature dish, but the result was not impressive, not by a long shot. (O ajudante de cozinha tentou replicar o prato exclusivo do chefe, mas o resultado não foi impressionante, nem de longe.)
2. ✰ "I felt so free and powerful and this euphoria was intensified by the fact that I won the race by a long shot." (Havord apud Morley, 2016). (Eu me senti tão livre e poderosa, e essa euforia foi intensificada pelo fato de ter vencido a corrida por uma ampla vantagem.)
Veja também: beat the pants off (someone).
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1. BY A LONG SHOT. In: Business Idioms and Quizzes: Business Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/eo5dr. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2023.
2. MORLEY, Nicole. Woman ‘entered by a horse spirit’ gallops on all fours and makes hooves from pots. Metro, 17 nov. 2016. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/feq7c. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2023.
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1. NECK. In: Online Etymology Dictionary. [S.l.]: Douglas Harper, 2001-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/k6hr6. Acesso em: 23 dez. 2023.
2. WIN BY A NECK. In: Sports Idioms and Quizzes: Sports Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/9v2msj. Acesso em: 26 mar. 2022.
Veja também: by a close call, by a close shave, by a hair's breadth e by a neck.
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1. HARRISON, Elizabeth. 7 Expressions You Might Not Know Came from Horse Racing. History.com, 16 mai. 2023. [S.l.]: A&E Television Networks, LLC. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/ji42e. Acesso em: 23 dez. 2023.
2. WIN BY A NOSE. In: Nose Idioms and Quizzes: Nose Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3BLH9Pu. Acesso em: 9 set. 2021.
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1. BY ALL ACCOUNTS. In: AMMER, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. 2. ed. Boston & Nova York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/cpi39. Acesso em: 15 nov. 2023.
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1. BY ALL MANNER of means. In: AMMER, Christine. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston & Nova York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997. 1191 p. DOI 0-395-72774-X. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lBDX. Acesso em: 10 jan. 2025.
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1. BY ALL MEANS. In: Collins Dictionary. Glasgow: HarperCollins, [2023?]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/7bb62. Acesso em: 1 dez. 2023.
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