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Expressões, Ditados e Provérbios em Inglês-Português
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1. DON'T Submit That College Application Without A College Application Review Session. Strategic Admissions Advice, 2025. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lQ7R. Acesso em: 10 jan. 2025.
2. FINE-TOOTH comb. In: Clothes Idioms and Quizzes: Clothes Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/t9qrpk. Acesso em: 17 fev. 2022.
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1. GO OVER like a lead balloon. In: Negotiation Idioms and Quizzes: Negotiation Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/924o8. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
2. LAWYER for eight Epstein victims says her clients could appear with Virginia Giuffre in a Prince Andrew trial. inews, 14 jan. 2022. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lGeC. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
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1. GO OVER THE BOOKS. In: Business Idioms and Quizzes: Business Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/eo5dr. Acesso em: 26 jun. 2023.
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1. DENT, Steve. Ubisoft has barely sold any Ghost Recon NFTs. Engadget, 21 dez. 2021. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lGeI. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
2. GO OVER WELL. In: Negotiation Idioms and Quizzes: Negotiation Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/924o8. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
Veja também: be plain / smooth sailing.
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1. LUPTON, James. EXCLUSIVE Nicky ‘Cookie’ Cook: At Peace, Finally. Pro Boxing Fans, 29 mai. 2020. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lQ89. Acesso em: 10 jan. 2025.
2. SMOOTH sailing. In: Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., [s.d.]. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/udj9ll. Acesso em: 24 ago. 2023.
Go postal surgiu nas décadas de 1980 e 1990, após uma série de incidentes em que funcionários do Serviço Postal dos EUA, descontrolados, dispararam aleatoriamente contra colegas de trabalho, resultando na morte de mais de 40 pessoas. (Going postal).
Veja outras expressões de raiva, loucura e demonstração pública.
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1. GOING POSTAL. What is the origin of the phrase ‘going postal’, meaning ‘going berserk’? History Extra, 16 set. 2009. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lGe8. Acesso em: 1 jan. 2023.
2. 'WIGGED out' Home Depot worker chases manager with knife, yanks time-clock from wall. KIRO 7, 4 abr. 2012. Disponível em: https://abre.ai/lGfe. Acesso em: 1 jan. 2023.
1. (com.) tornar-se uma empresa pública, vendendo suas ações ao público. ✰ "The company went public in December 2019 and began trading on the Saudi Stock Exchange." (Zucchi, 2022). (A empresa abriu seu capital em dezembro de 2019 e começou a negociar na Bolsa de Valores da Arábia Saudita.)
2. tornar algo conhecido por todos; ir a público. ✰ "They went public and announced that they were expecting a child the same year." (Karoline). (Eles foram a público e anunciaram que estavam esperando uma criança no mesmo ano.)
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1. GO PUBLIC. In: Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/wjdqf. Acesso em: 26 jun. 2023.
2. KAROLINE Lima. Gluwee. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/muoyw. Acesso em: 26 jun. 2023.
3. ZUCCHI, Kristina. Top 10 Largest Global IPOs of All Time. Investopedia, 29 mar. 2022. Disponível em: https://rb.gy/yaeh0. Acesso em: 26 jun. 2023.
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1. DOFF, Adrian; JONES, Christopher. Language in Use Intermediate Classroom Book. [S.l.]: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 144 p. Disponível em: https://bit.ly/3iLhJhd. Acesso em: 18 jan. 2023.
2. GO RED. In: Macmillan Dictionary. Londres: Macmillan Education Ltd., [2022?]. Disponível em: https://bit.ly/3iOkCxG. Acesso em: 18 jan. 2023.
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