Idioms, 18, English: "as easy as ABC, up and about, above the law, above suspicion, absence makes your heart grow fonder" Spanish and Portuguese

Idioms, 18, English: "as easy as ABC, up and about, above the law, above suspicion, absence makes your heart grow fonder" Spanish and Portuguese

Michael D. Powers, Ph.D., USCCI Michael D. Powers, Ph.D., USCCI

Michael D. Powers, Ph.D., USCCI

US Certified Court Interpreter 1980 / Ph.D. Spanish Portuguese 1981 / 24 years university professor / Estimates: 12,000+ depositions, hearings, etc. / 850 trials / 3000 documents / Conference Interpreter 650 conferences

发布日期: 2022年10月17日
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as easy as ABC, as simple as ABC:?

Portuguese: t?o fácil quanto roubar doce de crian?a [as easy as stealing candy from a baby], t?o simples quanto roubar doce de crian?a [as simple as stealing candy from a baby]

Spanish: es coser y cantar [it is sewing and singing]


be up and about

Portuguese: estar bem ativo [be vey active]

Spanish: estar de nuevo al pie del ca?ón [to once again be at the foot of the canon]

Observation: “al pie del ca?ón” means ready for whatever may come


be above the law

Portuguese: estar acima da lei [be above the law]

Spanish: por encima de la ley [above the law]


be above suspicion

Portuguese: estar acima qualquer suspeita [be above any suspicion]

Spanish: libre de sospecha [free from suspicion], fuera de toda sospecha [outside of all suspicion], fuera de sospecha [outside of suspicion]

absence makes your heart grow fonder (proverb)

Portuguese: a distancia aumenta a paix?o [distance increases passion]

Spanish: la ausencia es al amor lo que al fuego el aire: que apaga el peque?o y aviva el grande [Absence is to love what air is to fire: it puts out what is small and intensifies what is big or formidable]

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