Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

cherry pick

Portuguese translation:

escolher o melhor

Added to glossary by airmailrpl
Sep 16, 2007 02:21
17 yrs ago
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English term

cherry pick

English to Portuguese Medical Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Permitted:
• Statements must be true and not misleading.
• Device comparisons should use the same scales or ratings.
• Must have data in hand, prior to making a comparison claim.
• IFU comparisons are acceptable as long as one doesn’t ‘cherry pick’ only those claims or data that make your device look better.
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Sep 22, 2007 06:55: airmailrpl Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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escolher o melhor

cherry pick => escolher o melhor

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Cherry picking
Metaphorical use

In the literal case of harvesting cherries, or any other fruit, the picker would be expected to only select the ripest and healthiest fruits. An observer who only sees the selected fruit may thus wrongly conclude that most, or even all, of the fruit is in such good condition.

Thus, cherry picking is used metaphorically to indicate the act of pointing at individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position, while ignoring a significant portion of related cases or data that may contradict that position.

Business

Cherry picking is also used to refer to business policies of picking out profitable customers from a large base. An example of this use is that by only insuring healthy people and refusing to insure those who were unhealthy or are likely to become unhealthy, a health insurance company can cherry pick the most profitable customers. If an auto insurance company only insured good drivers by cherry picking them from among all drivers this would enable a company to gain an advantage over a company that insures all drivers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking
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8 hrs

escolher minuciosamente

Outra sugestão. :)
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escolher a dedo

Ser super exigente na escolha.
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