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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
Expressão sinônima: not everything it's cracked up to be
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1. I FEEL BAD because I drive a jalopy. City-Data.com. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/seuf2. Acesso em: 9 dez. 2023.
2. NOT ALL IT'S CRACKED UP to be. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/13qi6. Acesso em: 9 dez. 2023.
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1. NOT ANYTHING like. In: Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Huntingdon Valley: Farlex, Inc., 2022. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/8ipg2. Acesso em: 4 fev. 2024.
Esta expressão é usada como resposta a "thanks" e também no sentido de "definitivamente não". (Not at all).
1. ✰ A: Thanks for helping with the boxes. (Obrigado pela ajuda com as caixas.)
B: Not at all. (De nada.)
2. ✰ "Almost half of MU students thought it was 'not at all' likely that they would experience a sexual assault or misconduct on campus..." (Vandelinder, 2015). (Quase metade dos alunos da Universidade do Missúri acharam que não era "absolutamente" provável que sofressem uma agressão sexual ou má conduta no campus...)
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1. NOT AT ALL. In: Oxford Languages Dictionary and Google. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/koe6s. Acesso em: 10 dez. 2023.
2. VANDELINDER, Emma. MU students think sexual assault is 'not at all likely' in Campus Climate Survey. Columbia Missourian, Colúmbia, 29 set. 2015. News > Higher Education. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/h18a5. Acesso em: 10 dez. 2023.
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1. (NOT) BAT AN EYE/EYELID. 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. I’M NOT MADE OF MONEY. In: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. [S.l.]: Pearson Longman, 2021-2023. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/rA02. Acesso em: 12 jan. 2023.
2. NOT MADE OF MONEY. In: Reverso Context. Neuilly-sur-seine: Reverso Technologies, Inc. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/FA2q. Acesso em: 12 jan. 2023.
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1. ABOUT ME. The Great Gatsby. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/61Xb. Acesso em: 18 fev. 2023.
2. NOT THE BRIGHTEST bulb in the box. In: Power Thesaurus. [S.l.]: Power Thesaurus, 2023. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/B1Z2. Acesso em: 18 fev. 2023.
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1. MORRIS, Carolyn. Issues in Vendor/Library Relations -- Buying eBooks: Does Workflow Work? Part I. Purdue University, set. 2008. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/oafce. Acesso em: 24 set. 2021.
2. NOT BEYOND the wit of (someone). In: Wit Idioms and Quizzes: Wit Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3z4CjLE. Acesso em: 24 set. 2021.
Veja também: keep mum, keep (one's) lips sealed e keep (something) under one's hat.
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1. NOT BREATHE A WORD about (someone or something). In: Breathe/Breath Idioms and Quizzes: Breathe/Breath Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3lop8BX. Acesso em: 3 ago. 2021.
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1. (be) CRICKET. In: Sports Idioms and Quizzes: Sports Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/9v2msj. Acesso em: 9 mar. 2022.
2. NOT CRICKET. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/EaYH. Acesso em: 9 mar. 2022.
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1. NOT FOR ALL the tea in China. In: Food Idioms and Quizzes: Food Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/8t0nq. Acesso em: 28 dez. 2022.
2. QUEIROZ, Alberto. Como se diz “Nem Por Todo o Dinheiro do Mundo” em inglês? MairoVergara.com, 26 nov. 2019. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/qTGi. Acesso em: 28 dez. 2022.
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