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I think I may have Class Clown in the bag for dreaming this one up.

Portuguese translation: Acho que com essa eu garanti o título de palhaço da classe.

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English term or phrase:	I think I may have Class Clown in the bag for dreaming this one up.
Portuguese translation:	Acho que com essa eu garanti o título de palhaço da classe.
Entered by:	aestevesneto

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00:32 Jun 13, 2011

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English term or phrase: I think I may have Class Clown in the bag for dreaming this one up.

Um garoto que acabou de fazer uma brincadeira de mal gosto com o colega de classe diz a frase...

"I think I may have Class Clown in the bag for dreaming this one up."

Não consigo encaixar uma frase boa para a sentença em português, alguma sugestão?

aestevesneto KudoZ activity Questions: 6 (none open) Answers: 0
Local time: 14:18

Acho que com essa eu garanti o título de palhaço da classe.

Explanation:
Uma tradução bem leve e natural.

Selected response from:

Roberto Bechtlufft
Brazil
Local time: 14:18

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Muito obrigado, ajudou muito, sua sugestão está bem no contexto que eu precisava :)
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4 +3

Acho que com essa eu garanti o título de palhaço da classe.

Roberto Bechtlufft

5 +1

Acho que vou conseguir ser o palhaço da classe por ter concebido esta façanha

airmailrpl

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11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

i think i may have class clown in the bag for dreaming this one up. Acho que vou conseguir ser o palhaço da classe por ter concebido esta façanha

Explanation:
i think i may have class clown in the bag for dreaming this one up => Acho que vou conseguir ser o palhaço
da classe por ter concebido esta façanha

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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-06-13 11:55:47 GMT)
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In the bag
Meaning
Virtually secured - as good as in one's possession.

Origin
The term in the bag with the meaning of 'virtually secured' is American and came into being in the early 20th century. It is slightly predated by an Australian/New Zealand version of in the bag which had a different meaning. That was in use by 1900 and is defined here in a later citation:

Sidney John Baker's The Australian language, 1945 - "A horse set to lose a race is said to be in the bag."

Of course, that isn't the meaning of the phrase as we currently understand it. The current version was coined because of a tradition of the New York Giants baseball team. This was recorded in May 1920, in the Ohio newspaper The Mansfield News:

"An old superstition was revived at the Polo grounds, New York, recently when Eddie Sicking was dispatched to the clubhouse with the ball bag at the start of the ninth possession of one run lead. This superstition originated during the run of twenty-six consecutive victories made by the Giants in 1916, the significance of it resting in a belief that if the bag is carried off the field at that stage of the game with the Giants in the lead the game is in the bag and cannot be lost."
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/200000.html

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 14:18
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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Asker: Muito obrigado pela sugestão e referências, ajudou bastante :)

12 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

i think i may have class clown in the bag for dreaming this one up.

Acho que com essa eu garanti o título de palhaço da classe.

Explanation:
Uma tradução bem leve e natural.

Roberto Bechtlufft
Brazil
Local time: 14:18
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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Muito obrigado, ajudou muito, sua sugestão está bem no contexto que eu precisava :)

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