Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

have your work cut out (for you)

Portuguese translation:

ter que cortar um dobrado; ter um trabalho duro

Added to glossary by Matheus Chaud
Feb 1, 2017 13:23
7 yrs ago
English term

our work cut out for us this morning.

English to Portuguese Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
The next morning, I was drying my hair after coming out of the shower, while my wife was watching the news in the next room. I,thought I heard the newscaster say that crude oil prices were at $22. Of course, I couldn't believe the number. I thought to myself, "Was that $42? Or maybe $32?" I walked into the bedroom and asked my wife, "Did he say $22?"


I waited for the story to come back on and found that the price was indeed $22. I called up George and asked him, "Did you see the news? We're really going to have our work cut out for us this morning."
Change log

Feb 27, 2017 01:32: Matheus Chaud changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1916681">lmrocha's</a> old entry - "our work cut out for us this morning."" to ""vamos ter que cortar um dobrado nesta manhã, vamos ter um trabalho duro nesta manhã""

Proposed translations

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Selected

vamos ter que cortar um dobrado nesta manhã, vamos ter um trabalho duro nesta manhã

Pelo Cambridge:

have your work cut out (for you)

to have something very difficult to do:
She'll really have her work cut out to finish all those reports by the end of the week.

Mantendo o tom coloquial ficaria:
vamos ter que cortar um dobrado nesta manhã, vamos ter um trabalho duro nesta manhã
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "obrigada"
2 mins

Ter um trabalho difícil nesta manhã

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12 mins

não vamos ter mãos a medir esta manhã.

Sugestão
Peer comment(s):

agree Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
15 mins
Obrigada, Teresa
agree expressisverbis
1 hr
Obrigada, Sandra
agree Gabriela Almeida
6 hrs
Obrigada, Gabriela
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+1
12 mins

teremos muito trabalho nessa manhã.

Sug.

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Peer comment(s):

agree Catarina Ribas
2 hrs
Obrigado!
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25 mins

estaremos com as mãos cheias esta manhã

https://br.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200802210612...

No sentido de ter muito trabalho pela frente



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