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  • 1 drop a brick / drop a clanger

    (unknowingly to say or do something extremely tactless.) cometer uma gafe

    English-Portuguese dictionary > drop a brick / drop a clanger

  • 2 drop a brick / drop a clanger

    (unknowingly to say or do something extremely tactless.) cometer uma gafe

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > drop a brick / drop a clanger

  • 3 drop

    [drop] 1. noun
    1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) gota
    2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) gota
    3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) queda
    4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) queda
    2. verb
    1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) deixar cair
    2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) cair
    3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) abandonar
    4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) deixar
    5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) escrever
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    - droppings
    - drop-out
    - drop a brick / drop a clanger
    - drop back
    - drop by
    - drop in
    - drop off
    - drop out
    * * *
    [drɔp] n 1 gota, pingo. 2 qualquer coisa que tem forma de gota. 3 pendente, brinco, penduricalho, pingente, berloque. 4 pano de teatro. 5 queda, declive, descida, declínio. 6 dose, gole, trago. 7 partezinha, porção ínfima, bocado, pequena quantidade de líquido ou de qualquer outra coisa. 8 altura entre dois níveis, desnível. 9 descida de pára-quedas. 10 Amer ponto central de distribuição. 11 fenda por onde se colocam cartas, etc. 12 n pl gotas medicinais. 13 n pl várias espécies de balas confeitadas ou pastilhas. • vt+vi (ps, pp dropped) 1 pingar, gotejar, cair ou deixar cair gota a gota, destilar. 2 deixar cair alguma coisa, cair, pôr, colocar, deixar cair repentinamente. 3 desprender-se, soltar. 4 diminuir, baixar. 5 descer, deixar descer dum carro, etc. 6 renunciar a, desistir de, deixar, descontinuar, pôr fim a, largar, suspender, cessar, acalmar (o vento). 7 deixar escapar uma palavra, insinuar de passagem. 8 cair, chegar inesperadamente, entrar ou visitar casualmente. 9 escrever umas linhas. 10 coll perder. 11 perder terreno, recuar. 12 derrubar com um soco ou um tiro. 13 deixar de fora, suprimir. 14 sl consumir drogas por via oral. 15 dar cria. a drop in prices uma queda dos preços. a drop in the bucket uma gota de água no oceano. at the drop of a hat ao primeiro sinal, imediatamente. by drops gota a gota. drop dead! vá para o inferno! drop it! pare com isso! let’s drop it vamos esquecer esse assunto. to drop across encontrar por acaso. to drop a hint insinuar casualmente. to drop a line escrever umas linhas. to drop an acquaintance descontinuar o contato com alguém, cortar relações. to drop asleep cair no sono, adormecer. to drop astern Naut ir para trás, ficar para trás a fim de dar passagem a outro navio. to drop a subject mudar de assunto. to drop away afastar-se, diminuir gradualmente. to drop a word deixar escapar uma palavra. to drop behind 1 ficar atrás. 2 atrasar (pagamento). to drop bombs lançar bombas. to drop dead cair morto. to drop down Naut navegar rio abaixo. to drop everything abandonar tudo. to drop in/ over aparecer sem avisar, fazer uma visita informal. to drop into gear engrenar. to drop off 1 diminuir, cair. 2 coll partir, desaparecer. 3 adormecer. to drop out desligar-se, cair fora, deixar de freqüentar. to drop short não conseguir o seu intento. to drop the curtain descer o pano de boca. to get/ have the drop on 1 ter sob a mira do revólver. 2 levar a melhor, ficar em melhor posição. to have a drop too much ficar embriagado, beber demais.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > drop

  • 4 drop

    [drop] 1. noun
    1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) gota
    2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) gota
    3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) queda
    4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) declive
    2. verb
    1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) deixar cair
    2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) cair
    3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) abandonar
    4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) deixar, largar
    5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) escrever, rabiscar
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    - droppings - drop-out - drop a brick / drop a clanger - drop back - drop by - drop in - drop off - drop out

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > drop

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  • drop a brick — AND drop a bomb(shell) tv. o reveal startling information. □ Tracy came in and dropped a brick that scared us all. □ You really dropped a bombshell! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • drop a brick — (Slang) err, make a mistake …   English contemporary dictionary

  • drop a brick — idi to make a social blunder, esp. an indiscreet remark …   From formal English to slang

  • drop a brick —  Behave tactlessly. Make an error …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • drop a clanger — (informal) 1. To say something tactless 2. To make a stupid blunder • • • Main Entry: ↑clang * * * drop a ˈbrick/ˈclanger idiom (BrE, inform …   Useful english dictionary

  • brick — 1 /brIk/ noun 1 (C, U) a hard block of baked clay used for building walls, houses etc: a brick wall 2 (C) BrE a small square block of wood, plastic etc used as a toy 3 (C) old fashioned a good person who you can depend on when you are in trouble …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • brick — /brɪk / (say brik) noun 1. a block of clay, usually rectangular, hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc. 2. such blocks collectively. 3. the material. 4. any similar block, especially a small one of …  

  • drop — n. & v. n. 1 a a small round or pear shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface (drops of dew; tears fell in large drops). b a very small amount of usu. drinkable liquid (just a drop left in the glass). c a glass etc. of …   Useful english dictionary

  • brick — brick1 W3S2 [brık] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: brique, from Middle Dutch bricke] 1.) [U and C] a hard block of baked clay used for building walls, houses etc ▪ a brick wall ▪ a house made of brick ▪ Protesters attacked the police with… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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