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"É melhor ouvir isto do que ser surdo"

English translation: It could be worse : I could be deaf

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Portuguese term or phrase:"É melhor ouvir isto do que ser surdo"
English translation:It could be worse : I could be deaf
Entered by: EduardoSanglard

11:26 Jan 5, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Portuguese term or phrase: "É melhor ouvir isto do que ser surdo"
Quando uma pessoa fala uma bobagem ou algo desagradavel sobre outra pessoa ou assunto, uma critica mal feita ou mal colocada.
Quem ouve usa a expressão: >
EduardoSanglard
It could be worse : I could be deaf
Explanation:
"Better to hear this than be deaf" sounds a bit stilted
Selected response from:

Neil Crockford
Local time: 20:30
Grading comment
Obrigado!!!
Um Ótimo 2006 para todos.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7It could be worse : I could be deaf
Neil Crockford
4It´s better than nothing
Susy Ordaz


  

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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
It could be worse : I could be deaf


Explanation:
"Better to hear this than be deaf" sounds a bit stilted

Neil Crockford
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Obrigado!!!
Um Ótimo 2006 para todos.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda: LOL, do have a great 2006!!
32 mins
  -> Thanks. And have a good 2006 yourself!
agree  Paul Dixon: Sounds OK to me.
56 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Eugenia Lourenco: I like it!
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  silcastro
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  oxygen4u: Sounds fine! :)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Marco Schaumloeffel
3 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Amilcar: Very nice
13 hrs
  -> Thanks
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"É melhor ouvir isto do que ser surdo"
It´s better than nothing


Explanation:
It´s better than nothing

Susy Ordaz
Local time: 20:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 19
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