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1 that is flogging a dead horse
that is flogging a dead horseisso é malhar em ferro frio.English-Portuguese dictionary > that is flogging a dead horse
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2 flog a dead horse
(to try to create interest in something after all interest in it has been lost.) malhar em ferro frio -
3 flog a dead horse
(to try to create interest in something after all interest in it has been lost.) malhar ferro frio -
4 flog
[floɡ]past tense, past participle - flogged; verb(to beat; to whip: You will be flogged for stealing the money.) chicotear- flogging- flog a dead horse* * *[flɔg] vt 1 fustigar, açoitar, vergastar, chicotear. 2 incutir ou tirar com açoites. 3 atirar repetidamente a linha de pesca em. 4 sl ativar, fomentar a venda de, fazer propaganda de. 5 empenhar. he flogged it into the boy / incutiu no menino. that is flogging a dead horse isso é malhar em ferro frio. to flog it Mil marchar. to flog one’s car to death/ into the ground usar até arrebentar. to flog to death coll estragar (história, piada, etc.) por excessiva repetição. you flog yourself to death/ into the ground você trabalha demais. -
5 flog
[floɡ]past tense, past participle - flogged; verb(to beat; to whip: You will be flogged for stealing the money.) açoitar, chicotear- flogging- flog a dead horse -
6 shoe
1. [ʃu:] noun1) (an outer covering for the foot: a new pair of shoes.) sapato2) ((also horseshoe) a curved piece of iron nailed to the hoof of a horse.) ferradura2. [ʃod] verb(to put a shoe or shoes on (a horse etc).) pôr ferraduras- shod- shoelace
- shoemaker
- on a shoestring* * *[ʃu:] n 1 sapato. 2 objeto em forma de sapato. 3 ferradura. 4 sapata, freio, travão. 5 capa exterior de pneumático. 6 Electr coletor, contato. • vt (ps, pp shod) 1 ferrar. 2 calçar. she was shod in sneakers / ela estava calçando tênis. to be in someone’s shoes coll estar na pele de alguém, estar no lugar de alguém. I should not like to be in your shoes / não queria estar em seu lugar. to know where the shoe pinches saber onde está o problema. he knows where the shoe pinches / ele sabe onde o sapato aperta, fig sabe onde está o mal. to step into someone’s shoes ficar no lugar de alguém, substituir. he stepped into my shoes / ele me substituiu, ele pisou no meu rasto, seguiu meu exemplo. to wait for dead man’s shoes esperar uma herança. they wait for a dead man’s shoes / eles esperam uma herança. -
7 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) metade2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) tempo2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) meio2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) metade3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) meio3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) meio2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) quase•- half-- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half* * *[ha:f; hæf] n (pl halves) 1 metade, meio. 2 semestre. 3 Sport tempo, parte. the first half is over / o primeiro tempo terminou. • adj 1 meio. 2 bastante, quase. 3 incompleto, parcial. • adv 1 meio, em parte, parcialmente. 2 consideravelmente. half a dozen meia dúzia. half an hour meia hora. half as broad again vez e meia de largura. half past four quatro e meia. he does things by halves ele faz as coisas pela metade. I liked it half and half gostei mais ou menos. let us go by halves vamos fazer o negócio meio a meio. my better half minha esposa, meu marido. too clever by half astuto, manhoso. -
8 paw
[po:] 1. noun(the foot of an animal with claws or nails: The dog had a thorn in its paw.) pata2. verb1) ((of an animal) to touch, hit etc (usually several times) with a paw or paws: The cat was pawing (at) the dead mouse.) dar patadas2) ((of an animal) to hit (the ground, usually several times) with a hoof, usually a front hoof: The horse pawed (at) the ground.) escarvar* * *[pɔ:] n 1 pata, pé de animal. 2 coll mão, manopla. 3 arch caligrafia. • vt+vi 1 manusear desajeitadamente. 2 bater com as patas, escarvar. 3 coll tocar com as mãos, especialmente de forma rude ou sexual. paws off! tire as patas daí! -
9 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) metade, meio2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) primeiro/segundo tempo2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) meio2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) meio3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) meio3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) meio2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) meio•- half-- halve - half-and-half - half-back - half-brother - half-sister - half-caste - half-hearted - half-heartedly - half-heartedness - half-holiday - half-hourly - half-term - half-time - half-way - half-wit - half-witted - half-yearly - at half mast - by half - do things by halves - go halves with - half past three - four - seven - in half - not half -
10 paw
[po:] 1. noun(the foot of an animal with claws or nails: The dog had a thorn in its paw.) pata2. verb1) ((of an animal) to touch, hit etc (usually several times) with a paw or paws: The cat was pawing (at) the dead mouse.) dar patada2) ((of an animal) to hit (the ground, usually several times) with a hoof, usually a front hoof: The horse pawed (at) the ground.) patalear
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