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English translation: ...and the rest is not important.

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16:15 Sep 29, 2010

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: e o resto são cantigas

"o que é importante é trabalhar e o resto são cantigas"
Is there an idiom in English that fits this" e o resto são cantigas". This is something like " the important is to work; all the rest doesn't matter/isn't important". I am looking for some idiom close to this expression...

milesaway KudoZ activity Questions: 45 (4 open) Answers: 4
Local time: 12:10

English translation:...and the rest is not important.

Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Ivan Rocha
Canada

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

...and the rest is not important.

Ivan Rocha

everything else is window dressing

Muriel Vasconcellos

and the rest is just whistling dixie

Douglas Bissell

nothing else matters

kashew

everything else is secondary

Colin Rowe

the rest is icing on the cake

T o b i a s

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

...and the rest is not important.

Explanation:
...

Ivan Rocha
Canada
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

4 mins confidence:

the rest is icing on the cake

Explanation:
Possibility

Example sentence(s):

Getting the paycheck is OK, he said, but the icing on the cake is the work itself, Gilmore said.

Reference: http://www.uticaod.com/business/x1885893322/Teens-spend-summ...

T o b i a s
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

6 mins confidence:

nothing else matters

Explanation:
*

kashew
France
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of:

English

12 mins confidence:

everything else is secondary

Explanation:
Another possibility.

A few examples:

"My allegiance is to my family, the Constitution, and God. Everything else is secondary."

http://iamtheteaparty.net/faith/my-allegiance-is-to-my-famil...

"... to make this article a short one and simply say that what the bible teaches is of primary importance and everything else is secondary."

http://thechiefend.net/2010/03/04/primary-secondary-issues-d...

"In other words, according to these definitions, religion distinctively deals with those things in a person's life that are of such importance that everything else is secondary."

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=397073...

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

and the rest is just whistling dixie

Explanation:
manages to keep the musical idea...

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 12:10
Native speaker of:

English

11 hrs confidence:

everything else is window dressing

Explanation:
46,000 hits - examples:

Pick where you think you'd do the best work, everything else is window dressing. 0. Back to top of the page up there ^; Reply Icon ...
forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/1271-how-would-you-decide

Aug 2, 2010... but classroom by classroom, school by school. It'll take a lot of grassroots, hard, grinding work. Everything else is window dressing. ...
www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/99795739.html

Beyond these necessities, everything else is window dressing ... If you want to be able to work in your home office and still be a part of ...
www.servicemagic.com › ... › All Home Offices Articles

do that well,” Von Hoene says, “everything else is window dressing.” ...
www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202430645712

... the cure lies in fixing the biomechanics - the length and strength of the muscles and the way they work. Everything else is window dressing. ...
weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11620&start

Dec 27, 2009... that is when we have begun to address the real problems, everything else is window dressing. See More ...
www.facebook.com/video/video.php?comments&v..

Jun 15, 2010 ... "Money talks in American politics; everything else is window dressing." Yep. rwnutjob. June 15, 2010 04:32 PM ...
open.salon.com/blog/rwnutjob/2010/06/.../fun_factsoil_spill_related

Aug 29, 2010 ... The view that maximising profit is the only thing that counts and everything else is window dressing has always been a crude and ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../observer-editorial-corporate-respons... -

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 04:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 2450

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