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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. SALE ON APPROVAL. In: YourDictinary.com. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/iejd8. Acesso em: 20 fev. 2024.
1. (lit.) adicionar sal à comida; salgar. ✰ "The farmer’s wife salted the meats away for the winter." (Lee). (A esposa do fazendeiro salgava as carnes para o inverno.)
2. (fig.) guardar ou economizar algo, esp. para uso contingencial. ✰ The man was told that he should salt away enough money for his retirement. (Disseram ao homem que ele deveria economizar dinheiro suficiente para a sua aposentadoria.)
3. (fig.) guardar algo secretamente; esconder (sin. de stash away). ✰ The shady character was salting away his stash of smuggled goods to sell in the flea market. (O personagem obscuro estava escondendo seu estoque de mercadorias contrabandeadas para vender no mercado de pulgas.)
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1. LEE, Robert Charles. Where did the phrase "salt away" come from? Why does it mean to save money? Quora. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3CbWGdY. Acesso em: 29 dez. 2022.
2. SALT (SOMETHING) AWAY or salt away (something). In: Food Idioms and Quizzes: Food Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/8t0nq. Acesso em: 29 dez. 2022.
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1. McCARTHY, Chris. Why do we say 'Salt of the earth'? EC English, 3 fev. 2011. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/3oNV. Acesso em: 2 mar. 2022.
2. SALT OF THE EARTH. In: Religion Idioms and Quizzes: Religion Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/j02fo. Acesso em: 22 mar. 2022.
Veja também: It's all business as usual.
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1. SAME OLD SAME OLD. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/v46dp. Acesso em: 30 jul. 2023.
2. WVUIE97. West Virginia Mounts Comeback, Holds On Against Marshall 69-66. Smoking Musket, 14 dez. 2014. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/b4ou0. Acesso em: 30 jul. 2023.
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1. SAVE SOMEONE'S SKIN/neck/bacon. In: Macmillan Dictionary. Londres: Macmillan Education Ltd., [2022?]. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/38GY5dA. Acesso em: 6 set. 2021.
Veja também: save (someone's) bacon.
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1. SAVE (SOMEONE'S) NECK/skin. In: Body Idioms and Quizzes: Body Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3lop8BX. Acesso em: 4 ago. 2021.
2. SAVE SOMEONE'S NECK. What is the translation of "save someone's neck" in Portuguese? In: Bab.la, 2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3jU9ugF. Acesso em: 6 set. 2021.
3. SAVE SOMEONE'S SKIN/neck/bacon. In: Macmillan Dictionary. Londres: Macmillan Education Ltd., [2022?]. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/38GY5dA. Acesso em: 6 set. 2021.
Veja também: lose face.
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1. SAVE FACE. In: Face Idioms and Quizzes: Face Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3tC71KE. Acesso em: 15 set. 2021.
2. SAVE FACE. What is the translation of "save face" in Portuguese? In: Bab.la, 2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3hvHq1p. Acesso em: 15 set. 2021.
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1. SAVE ONE'S BREATH. In: Breathe/Breath Idioms and Quizzes: Breathe/Breath Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3lop8BX. Acesso em: 4 ago. 2021.
2. SAVE YOUR BREATH. In: Macmillan Dictionary. Londres: Macmillan Education Ltd., [2022?]. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3BCQR6O. Acesso em: 6 set. 2021.
Veja também: pinch pennies.
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1. ROBILLOS, Alyosha. Save Up for Travel: 15 ‘Small’ Things You Can Give Up. TripZilla, 12 dez. 2018. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/ADZp. Acesso em: 15 jan. 2023.
2. SAVE UP (for something). In: Money Idioms and Quizzes: Money Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/ibcprf. Acesso em: 15 jan. 2023.
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1. HALF A DOZEN times Flaherty was saved by the bell in the earlier rounds... The Fitchburg Daily Sentinel, fev. 1893. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/pfBx. Acesso em: 26 mar. 2022.
2. SAVED by the bell. In: Sports Idioms and Quizzes: Sports Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/9v2msj. Acesso em: 26 mar. 2022.
3. SAVED by the bell. What is the translation of "saved by the bell" in Portuguese? In: Bab.la, 2023. Disponível em: http://mpt.ninja/MfNO. Acesso em: 3 abr. 2022.
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