Glossary entry (derived from question below)
inglês term or phrase:
close enough to milk
português translation:
próximas o bastante para se aproveitar/tirar vantagem delas
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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.
but far enough away from, so you don’t get bit.
Proposed translations
(português)
4 +3 | próximas o bastante para se aproveitar/tirar vantagem delas | Teresa Freixinho |
4 +4 | perto o suficiente para explorar/ tirar partido | Tereza Rae |
4 | próximo o suficiente para beneficiar-se | ferreirac |
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próximas o bastante para se aproveitar/tirar vantagem delas
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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
"he had milked his grandmother dry of all her money"
From: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/milk
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Francisco Chagas
: Essencialmente correcto (https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/milk someone/something ... )!
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Obrigada, Francisco! 😊
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Mario Freitas
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Obrigada, Mario! 😊
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Liane Lazoski
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Obrigada, Liane! 😊
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Claudio Machado Junior
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Obrigada, Cláudio! 😊
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próximo o suficiente para beneficiar-se
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