Ninguém é de ferro

English translation: no one is made of steel

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Portuguese term or phrase:	Ninguém é de ferro
English translation:	no one is made of steel
Entered by:	Ine / Eni Rodrigues

12:58 Sep 1, 2008

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: Ninguém é de ferro

Expressão muito utilizada no português.

Ine / Eni Rodrigues KudoZ activity Questions: 166 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 48
Local time: 17:16

no one is made of steel

Explanation:
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by Augusto Boal - 2001 - Performing Arts - 366 pages
No one is made of steel. We made Werner stop: we were afraid of the road and the mud. We ate mortadella sandwiches and drank cacha$a: some drank it neat, ...
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Hamlet and the Baker's Son: My Life in Theatre and Politics - Google Books Result
by Augusto Boal - 2001 - Performing Arts - 366 pages
No one is made of steel. We made Werner stop: we were afraid of the road and the mud. We ate mortadella sandwiches and drank cachafa: some drank it neat, ...
books.google.ca/books?isbn=041522988X...
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... this in classic fashion, he then wastes twice the time he spent training. ‘I have to relax,’ he argues, laughing. After all, no one is made of steel. ...
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Selected response from:

Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 16:16

Grading comment

Muito obrigada!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +12

no one is made of steel

Enza Longo

No one has that much energy

Joon Oh

one can only take so much

Mary Palmer

Nobody/one is that thick-skinned

Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.

4 -1

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Laís Dalsoquio (X)

Everyone needs a break somewhere

Paul Dixon

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +12

no one is made of steel

Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6

Grading comment

Muito obrigada!

18 mins confidence:

No one has that much energy

Explanation:
versão português = "..Porque ninguém é de ferro." em http://www.monica.com.br/mauricio/cronicas/cron126.htm
e versão em inglês = "....Because no one has that much energy. " em http://www.monica.com.br/ingles/mauricio/cronicas/planetcarn...

Joon Oh
Brazil
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of:

Korean,

Portuguese

30 mins confidence:

Nobody/one is that thick-skinned

Explanation:
Nobody/one is that thick-skinned, could be used IF the CONTEXT is being upset about something.

if you are thick-skinned, you do not notice or get upset when people criticize you
You have to be a bit harsher than that with Caroline to offend her - she's pretty thick-skinned.

Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.
Brazil
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: English

2 hrs confidence:

one can only take so much

Explanation:
http://www.google.com.br/search?hl=pt-BR&q=one can only take...

Mary Palmer
United States
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Explanation:
O memso provérbio usado em "nem só de pão viverá o homem".

Laís Dalsoquio (X)
Brazil
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

6 hrs confidence:

Everyone needs a break somewhere

Explanation:
A suggestion.

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 17:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

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