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English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / ethics | | English term or phrase: When push comes to stove | It must be an idiom because I cannot manage with the translation of this phrase. See the phrase in context:
When push comes to stove ,the CEO's of publicly as owned communications consultancies have had to look for profitability as a prime criterion no less than their corporate peers. |
| lsm_82Not a translatorKudoZ activityQuestions: 3 (none open) Answers: 0
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| | a la hora de la verdad/en apuros/en un momento de apuros | Explanation:
It should be "when push comes to shoVe"
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Note added at 7 mins (2009-03-29 15:07:37 GMT)
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sorry "sHove" not "sTove"
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Note added at 9 mins (2009-03-29 15:09:39 GMT)
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When push comes to shove:
When the situation is critical; when it is urgent; when the pressure is on; when matters become serious and must be faced
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-03-29 16:09:20 GMT)
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  James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 00:55
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5 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1, peer agreement (net) from those meeting criteria: +2 | when push comes to stove a la hora de la verdad/en apuros/en un momento de apuros
Explanation:
It should be "when push comes to shoVe"
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Note added at 7 mins (2009-03-29 15:07:37 GMT)
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sorry "sHove" not "sTove"
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Note added at 9 mins (2009-03-29 15:09:39 GMT)
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When push comes to shove:
When the situation is critical; when it is urgent; when the pressure is on; when matters become serious and must be faced
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-03-29 16:09:20 GMT)
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http://eubd1.ugr.es/RIS/RISWEB.ISA#TOPOFREFLIST
| James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 00:55
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of:  English, Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | First validated answer (validated by peer agreement) |
| Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot! Now it makes sense.
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