Glossary entry

inglês term or phrase:

close enough to milk

português translation:

próximas o bastante para se aproveitar/tirar vantagem delas

Added to glossary by Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Jan 26, 2020 18:57
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inglês term

close enough to milk

inglês para português Ciências Humanas Religião
Likewise, there are people to whom you stay close enough to milk
but far enough away from, so you don’t get bit.

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próximas o bastante para se aproveitar/tirar vantagem delas

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agree Mario Freitas :
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Obrigada, Mário!
agree Paulinho Fonseca : 'próximas o bastante para se aproveitar'
2 horas
Obrigada, Paulinho!
agree Aline Amorim
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perto o suficiente para explorar/ tirar partido

To milk = exploit or defraud (someone), typically by taking regular small amounts of money over a period of time.
"he had milked his grandmother dry of all her money"
From: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/milk
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agree Francisco Chagas : Essencialmente correcto (https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/milk someone/something ... )!
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Obrigada, Francisco! 😊
agree Mario Freitas :
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Obrigada, Mario! 😊
agree Liane Lazoski
4 horas
Obrigada, Liane! 😊
agree Claudio Machado Junior
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Obrigada, Cláudio! 😊
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próximo o suficiente para beneficiar-se

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