cherry pick
Portuguese translation: escolher o melhor
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| 5 +7 | escolher o melhor |
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| 5 | escolher a dedo |
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| 4 | escolher minuciosamente |
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peer agreement (net): +7escolher o melhor Explanation: cherry pick => escolher o melhor -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2007-09-16 02:52:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 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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