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22:42 Mar 11, 2017 |
Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Parliamentary Commission | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Verginia Ophof Belize Local time: 11:38 | ||||||
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all gone down the tubes Explanation: https://www.google.com.br/?gws_rd=ssl#q="gone down the tubes... |
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está o caldo entornado things turn upside down; things are all gone pear-shaped (BrE) Explanation: It seems to be a polite way to say that the fit hits the shan (if you know what I mean). |
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Things go South/Sour/downhill Explanation: things went south things went downhill things took a turn for the worse things turned sour These expressions indicate that things were going well (or, at least, they weren't going too badly) when conditions suddenly worsened. They could be used when talking about the negative trends of, say, a company, a project, a business transaction, a sports match, or a politician's election campaign. For example: |
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