English: a quick biff in the mouthPortuguese translation: um murro na cara 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | a quick biff in the mouth | | Portuguese translation: | um murro na cara | | Entered by: | airmailrpl |
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | English term or phrase: a quick biff in the mouth | Can someone please explain what is the meaning of the phrase in CAPS? It's on a British book. Thanks in advance.
"He had told them that I had given him the wrong information and as such he had misvalued the painting. I knew damn well what I had given him and unfortunately IT WASN'T A QUICK BIFF IN THE MOUTH". |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseMaura Paoletti: 1:52pm Jan 4, 2006: I do not need a literal translation of the expression. I need help to understand it in the context of the phrase.
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| | um murro na cara | Explanation:
mur.ro
[m'uRu] s. m. punch, blow, slug, fisticuff.
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Little Marty, a young joey being raised at Roo Gully, bore the brunt of her dislike for her own species and often received a quick biff around the ear. ...
members.iinet.net.au/~roogully/roo_info/freckle.htm
Jonathan Poh :: Web Designer :: Melbourne, Australia
I thought it would just be a quick biff and it’d be all over quickly, and then there was blood. it makes me squeamish to even think about it now. ...
jonathanpoh.com/blog/?PHPSESSID=72534759c5e9e9cc982cf7b9669fe028
But when we told him exactly how we went about it and how hard I punch Mary he told us that I was probably doing no more damage than someone jogging or playing a rough sport. I should tell you that we have experimented with the hardness of the punch and It is surprising how little effort is need to knock Mary out for 30 seconds to a minute.
.... Just a quick biff and she was "out" with her bottom in the air
with her knees quite wide apart to stop her toppling over sideways.
http://www.bianca.com/interests/women/bbs/posts/2003_Mar_19/...
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Note added at 7 hrs 19 mins (2006-01-04 21:01:10 GMT) Post-grading
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biff
n Am. Gír. pancada, golpe. // vt bater, golpear. |
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| um murro na cara
Explanation:
mur.ro
[m'uRu] s. m. punch, blow, slug, fisticuff.
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-01-04 13:50:20 GMT)
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Untitled Document
Little Marty, a young joey being raised at Roo Gully, bore the brunt of her dislike for her own species and often received a quick biff around the ear. ...
members.iinet.net.au/~roogully/roo_info/freckle.htm
Jonathan Poh :: Web Designer :: Melbourne, Australia
I thought it would just be a quick biff and it’d be all over quickly, and then there was blood. it makes me squeamish to even think about it now. ...
jonathanpoh.com/blog/?PHPSESSID=72534759c5e9e9cc982cf7b9669fe028
But when we told him exactly how we went about it and how hard I punch Mary he told us that I was probably doing no more damage than someone jogging or playing a rough sport. I should tell you that we have experimented with the hardness of the punch and It is surprising how little effort is need to knock Mary out for 30 seconds to a minute.
.... Just a quick biff and she was "out" with her bottom in the air
with her knees quite wide apart to stop her toppling over sideways.
http://www.bianca.com/interests/women/bbs/posts/2003_Mar_19/...
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Note added at 7 hrs 19 mins (2006-01-04 21:01:10 GMT) Post-grading
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biff
n Am. Gír. pancada, golpe. // vt bater, golpear.
| airmailrpl
Brazil
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