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"Garanto que tão cedo não se voltam a meter noutra"

English translation: "They won't be trying [any of] that again anytime soon"


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Portuguese term or phrase:"Garanto que tão cedo não se voltam a meter noutra"
English translation:"They won't be trying [any of] that again anytime soon"
Entered by: fvasconcellos
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14:44 Oct 13, 2010
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Portuguese term or phrase: "Garanto que tão cedo não se voltam a meter noutra"
"Garanto que tão cedo não se voltam a meter noutra"

This phrase is used after a man is beaten by an opponent and is trying to motive himself that they will win the next fight.
KatherineBranne
Brazil
Local time: 08:20
"They won't be trying [any of] that again anytime soon"
Explanation:
Just a suggestion. It actually sounds a bit sarcastic/self-deprecating to me...
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fvasconcellos
Brazil
Local time: 08:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6"They won't be trying [any of] that again anytime soon"fvasconcellos
4there is always a next time
Nick Taylor
4They're not going to get off with again, any time soon
Douglas Bissell


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
"They won't be trying [any of] that again anytime soon"


Explanation:
Just a suggestion. It actually sounds a bit sarcastic/self-deprecating to me...

fvasconcellos
Brazil
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Manievdh
10 mins
  -> Thank you! :)
agree  Amy Duncan
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  -> Thank you, Amy!
agree  Gilla Evans
16 mins
  -> Thank you, Gilla!
agree  Marlene Curtis
27 mins
  -> Obrigado, Marlene!
agree  Verginia Ophof
47 mins
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agree  oxygen4u: :)
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
They're not going to get off with again, any time soon


Explanation:
It's idiomatic so there are many possibilities depending on formality or origins

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 12:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
there is always a next time


Explanation:
there is always a next time

Nick Taylor
Local time: 12:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Oct 27, 2010 - Changes made by fvasconcellos:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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