Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
be off to the races
Portuguese translation:
estar ocupadíssimos/estar de mangas arregaçadas
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English term
Works in: Portuguese to English
be off to the races
English to Portuguese
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Frase: If you make changes in the rules, the tax lawyers will be off to the races again.
Qual o equivalente em PT do Brasil, please?
Qual o equivalente em PT do Brasil, please?
Proposed translations
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Sormane Gomes
United States
United States
Native in English
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Portuguese
Specializes in field
United States
Fully bilingual; pharm/med, among others
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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estar ocupadíssimos/estar de mangas arregaçadas
A expressão neste caso é de ‘ocupadíssimos’ e não de alegria ou contentamento.
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Paulo Marcon
: Vão ficar muito atarefados. V. tb. entrada de discussão sobre o dic. Cambridge;American Idioms.
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Matheus Chaud
: Perfeitamente possível e até mais provável!
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
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Comment: "Thanks!"
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Danik 2014
Brazil
Brazil
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Brazil
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expressisverbis
Portugal
Portugal
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Portugal
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esfregar as mãos de contentes
(idiomatic) In or into a process of energetic engagement in some activity; in or into a phase of conspicuously increasing satisfaction or success. [quotations ▼]
Segundo o que entendo da definição acima, em pt-pt, usaria esta expressão.
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Note added at 10 mins (2016-06-27 16:18:57 GMT)
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/off_to_the_races
Segundo o que entendo da definição acima, em pt-pt, usaria esta expressão.
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Note added at 10 mins (2016-06-27 16:18:57 GMT)
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/off_to_the_races
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papier
: esfregarão
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Obrigada. "English term or phrase: be off to the races".
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Matheus Chaud
: Acho que é isso também - esfregar as mãos de contentes, ficar felizes da vida, qualquer coisa assim!
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Obrigada Matheus.
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Mario Freitas
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Obrigada Mário.
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farão a festa
é o que me soa melhor como tradução em PT-BR
19 hrs
não ter mãos a medir
Expressão Pt-pt, significa estar muito ocupado, com muito trabalho.
Discussion
"races - off to the races - busy doing something - I don't think there will be a dramatic change in the economy - I don't see that we're off to the races. If you make changes in the rules, the tax lawyers will be off to the races again.
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