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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Marketing - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / expresiones | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro Spain Local time: 06:28 | ||||||
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shock the Establishment Explanation: :) |
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turn the tables Explanation: turn the tables: to cause a reversal of an existing situation, esp. with regard to gaining the upper hand over a competitor, rival, antagonist, etc.: Fortune turned the tables and we won. We turned the tables on them and undersold them by 50 percent. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/table suerte |
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rewrite the rulebook/rules Explanation: se suele utilizar para algo tan innovador que cambia la misma forma de pensar/hacer una cosa. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2008-09-15 15:08:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Three decades after releasing a debut recording that literally rewrote the rulebook on how to succeed in rock and roll, Van Halen’s original lineup ... www.bobrempel.com/igotoconcerts/2008/04/27/ Before the Veyron rewrote the rulebook on how to be stupidly quick, the Bugatti EB110 was the car for the well healed to tear up the streets ... autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/33816.html Harvey Nichols then rewrote the rulebook on decor with Fifth Floor, a stunningly cyber-chic, fibre-optic, elliptical cosmos that is so sci-fi it makes the ... findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20021124/ai_n12670528 As you would expect for a man who almost single-handedly rewrote the rulebook on the travel industry, Stelios has little time for those who stand in the way ... http://www.rics.org/Knowledgezone/Journalsandmagazines/RICSB... The Hong Kong film-makers came along and rewrote the rulebook on movie kinetics, and their methods, influence and stars have transformed the genre in the ... film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,712536,00.html Until quite recently, that was too much to ask, but Yamaha engineers simply rewrote the rulebook with the incredible MR1TM engine. ... www.theboatshop.es/Yamaha-FX-HO.asp |
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cock a snook at the establishment Explanation: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_q=cock a snoot at th... |
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To deliver a (heavy) blow/to have been dealt a (heavy) blow Explanation: Another suggestion: To deliver a (heavy) blow/to have been dealt a (heavy) blow Google parece haber dado un golpe a la cátedra con su nuevo navegador "Chrome". Y el público está respondiendo con millones de downloads de la aplicación. ... www.bligoo.com/tag/google - 38k - En caché - Páginas similares Google parece haber dado un golpe a la cátedra con su nuevo navegador "Chrome". Y el público está respondiendo con millones de downloads de la aplicación. El portal de búsqueda en Internet reportó que en menos de 24 horas ya llevan más de 6,5 millones de descargas. Superando por mucho los tres millones de Firefox y tratando de dar caza al líder Explorer que cuenta con 75 por ciento de uso a nivel de usuarios. JSTOR: Chilean Universities under the Junta: Regime and Policy - [ Traducir esta página ] Military rule then delivered a heavy blow, heaviest on higher education, and most heavily in ..... 1980, and "Golpe a la catedra," Hoy, 9-15 Apr. 1980. ... links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0023-8791(1986)21%3A3%3C95%3ACUUTJR%3E2.0.CO%3B... - Páginas similares de DC Levy - 1986 - Citado por 1 - Artículos relacionados Róbinson Rojas.- GOLPE A PINOCHET: DESAFORADO POR OPERACION CONDOR ... Asunto: GOLPE A PINOCHET: DESAFORADO POR OPERACION CONDOR ... el pleno de la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago dio un golpe a la cátedra y decidió por 14 ... purochile.rrojasdatabank.info/pinocort.htm - 48k - En caché - Páginas similares El golpe a la cátedra lo dieron dos vinos que nacen en el Maipo Alto, en paños que rodean a la residencia original de la familia, pero es el valle de Aconcagua, con sus laderas y sus parras, con su olor a tierra y sol, el que se asocia directamente a la viña. Y no es casual que, con ese espíritu luchador y con esa disciplina, Chadwick no sólo haya decidido cursar el Master of Wine -una de las pruebas más exigentes para quienes se mueven en el mundo del vino- sino que, lejos de alegorías, se haya atrevido a subir el monte Aconcagua, el mismo que provee de agua a los paños de Don Maximiano. Aparte del tenis, de los viajes, de la buena lectura, Chadwick gusta de las alturas y de las cumbres difíciles. De allá viene. Y hacia allá va. HTH! |
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subvert/challenge the dominant paradigm Explanation: This is sort of made it's way into being a popular saying. It is a common bumpersticker in the USA. "To be maverick" is another option, although it describes the person rather than the event. |
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