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out to pasture

Vietnamese translation: ngừng đầu tư (nghĩa bóng)


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English term or phrase:out to pasture
Vietnamese translation:ngừng đầu tư (nghĩa bóng)
Entered by: Tomy Goh
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05:01 Oct 31, 2011
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Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: out to pasture
result of a tender or investment
Tomy Goh
Local time: 07:11
ngừng đầu tư (nghĩa bóng)
Explanation:
your context: tender or investment. I guessed it about an investment project which is being stopped for a long time since the owner sees nothing benefit him form that investment.

to make someone stop working at their job because they are too old to be useful

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Note added at 8 hrs (2011-10-31 13:39:05 GMT)
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nothing benefit him from that investment.
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Phong Le
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Local time: 07:11
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Summary of answers provided
5cho nghỉ hưu
Nguyen Duy Tung
5cho về hưu/về vườn
Pham Huu Phuoc
4chấm dứt/kết thúc
Hoang Dan
3ngừng đầu tư (nghĩa bóng)
Phong Le


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cho nghỉ hưu


Explanation:
This means "force sb to retire" when it goes with "put" like "put sb out to pasture".
More informal translation could be "cho (ai) về vườn" if the context applies.


    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/put+out+to+pasture
Nguyen Duy Tung
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cho về hưu/về vườn


Explanation:
Đây là một thành ngữ > put somebody out to pasture: to make someone stop working at their job because they are too old to be useful. He felt he was still too young to be put out to pasture.
Cho người nào đó về vườn: làm cho ai đó ngưng làm việc bởi vì người ấy quá già không còn có ích.


Example sentence(s):
  • He felt he was still too young to be put out to pasture. > Ông ta cảm thấy mình vẫn còn trẻ để bị cho về vườn sớm.
  • At 62, he felt he was not read to be put out to pasture. Ở tuổi 62, ông ấy cảm thấy mình chưa sẵn sàng để bị cho về vườn.

    Reference: http://www.cambridge.org/vn/elt/catalogue/subject/project/it...
Pham Huu Phuoc
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Local time: 07:11
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ngừng đầu tư (nghĩa bóng)


Explanation:
your context: tender or investment. I guessed it about an investment project which is being stopped for a long time since the owner sees nothing benefit him form that investment.

to make someone stop working at their job because they are too old to be useful

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Note added at 8 hrs (2011-10-31 13:39:05 GMT)
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nothing benefit him from that investment.


    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/put+out+to+pasture
Phong Le
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Local time: 07:11
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Native speaker of: Native in VietnameseVietnamese
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2 days1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
chấm dứt/kết thúc


Explanation:
out to pasture = chấm dứt/kết thúc

Hoang Dan
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Local time: 07:11
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