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1 to swim with the tide
to swim with the tideir com a maioria, ter a mesma opinião que a maioria. -
2 swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) nadar2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) nadar3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) andar à roda2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) banho- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume* * *[swim] n 1 natação, nado, ato de nadar, distância percorrida a nado. 2 the swim vida, corrente da vida. 3 vertigem, tontura. 4 situação geral. 5 área freqüentada por peixes. • vt+vi (ps swam, pp swum). 1 nadar. 2 atravessar a nado. 3 fazer nadar. 4 boiar, flutuar. 5 estar inundado, estar correndo. 6 deslizar. 7 estar tonto ou zonzo, girar. my head swims / minha cabeça gira. • adj de natação. to go for a swim, to take a swim nadar. to swim against the tide nadar contra a correnteza, ir contra a maioria. to swim like a rock fig afundar. to swim with the tide ir com a maioria, ter a mesma opinião que a maioria.
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swim with the tide — If you swim with the tide, you do the same as people around you and accept the general consensus. ( Go with the tide is an alternative form.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
swim with the tide — go/swim with the tide go/swim against the tide to do the opposite of what most other people are doing. If you don t feel strongly about an issue, you may as well just swim with the tide … New idioms dictionary
swim with the tide — If you swim with the tide, you do the same as people around you and accept the general consensus. ( Go with the tide is an alternative form.) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
swim with the tide — swim against/with/the tide phrase to do or believe the opposite to other people the same as other people Thesaurus: to be similar to, or the same as, something or someonesynonym to be different from somethingsynonym … Useful english dictionary
swim with the tide — go with the flow, do as everyone else does … English contemporary dictionary
swim against the tide — swim against/with/the tide phrase to do or believe the opposite to other people the same as other people Thesaurus: to be similar to, or the same as, something or someonesynonym to be different from somethingsynonym … Useful english dictionary
go with the tide — go/swim with the tide go/swim against the tide to do the opposite of what most other people are doing. If you don t feel strongly about an issue, you may as well just swim with the tide … New idioms dictionary
go with the tide — go, swim, etc. with/against the ˈtide idiom to agree with/oppose the attitudes or opinions that most other people have Main entry: ↑tideidiom … Useful english dictionary
swim with/against the tide — see ↑tide, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑swim … Useful english dictionary
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go against the tide — go, swim, etc. with/against the ˈtide idiom to agree with/oppose the attitudes or opinions that most other people have Main entry: ↑tideidiom … Useful english dictionary
