English: cherry pickPortuguese translation: escolher o melhor 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | cherry pick | | Portuguese translation: | escolher o melhor | | Entered by: | airmailrpl |
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Medical - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | English term or phrase: cherry pick | Permitted:
• Statements must be true and not misleading.
• Device comparisons should use the same scales or ratings.
• Must have data in hand, prior to making a comparison claim.
• IFU comparisons are acceptable as long as one doesn’t ‘cherry pick’ only those claims or data that make your device look better.
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| | | escolher o melhor | Explanation:
cherry pick => escolher o melhor
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Note added at 30 mins (2007-09-16 02:52:33 GMT)
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Cherry picking
Metaphorical use
In the literal case of harvesting cherries, or any other fruit, the picker would be expected to only select the ripest and healthiest fruits. An observer who only sees the selected fruit may thus wrongly conclude that most, or even all, of the fruit is in such good condition.
Thus, cherry picking is used metaphorically to indicate the act of pointing at individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position, while ignoring a significant portion of related cases or data that may contradict that position.
Business
Cherry picking is also used to refer to business policies of picking out profitable customers from a large base. An example of this use is that by only insuring healthy people and refusing to insure those who were unhealthy or are likely to become unhealthy, a health insurance company can cherry pick the most profitable customers. If an auto insurance company only insured good drivers by cherry picking them from among all drivers this would enable a company to gain an advantage over a company that insures all drivers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking |
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| escolher o melhor
Explanation:
cherry pick => escolher o melhor
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Note added at 30 mins (2007-09-16 02:52:33 GMT)
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Cherry picking
Metaphorical use
In the literal case of harvesting cherries, or any other fruit, the picker would be expected to only select the ripest and healthiest fruits. An observer who only sees the selected fruit may thus wrongly conclude that most, or even all, of the fruit is in such good condition.
Thus, cherry picking is used metaphorically to indicate the act of pointing at individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position, while ignoring a significant portion of related cases or data that may contradict that position.
Business
Cherry picking is also used to refer to business policies of picking out profitable customers from a large base. An example of this use is that by only insuring healthy people and refusing to insure those who were unhealthy or are likely to become unhealthy, a health insurance company can cherry pick the most profitable customers. If an auto insurance company only insured good drivers by cherry picking them from among all drivers this would enable a company to gain an advantage over a company that insures all drivers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking
| airmailrpl
Brazil
Native speaker of:  English, Portuguese
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