Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Empurrar garganta abaixo

English translation:

ram something down someone's throat

Added to glossary by Juliano Martins
Jan 30, 2009 18:16
15 yrs ago
1 viewer *
Portuguese term

Empurrar garganta abaixo

Portuguese to English Other Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Querer forçar alguém a aceitar uma certa idéia.
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Lumen (X)

When entering new questions, KudoZ askers are given an opportunity* to classify the difficulty of their questions as 'easy' or 'pro'. If you feel a question marked 'easy' should actually be marked 'pro', and if you have earned more than 20 KudoZ points, you can click the "Vote PRO" button to recommend that change.

How to tell the difference between "easy" and "pro" questions:

An easy question is one that any bilingual person would be able to answer correctly. (Or in the case of monolingual questions, an easy question is one that any native speaker of the language would be able to answer correctly.)

A pro question is anything else... in other words, any question that requires knowledge or skills that are specialized (even slightly).

Another way to think of the difficulty levels is this: an easy question is one that deals with everyday conversation. A pro question is anything else.

When deciding between easy and pro, err on the side of pro. Most questions will be pro.

* Note: non-member askers are not given the option of entering 'pro' questions; the only way for their questions to be classified as 'pro' is for a ProZ.com member or members to re-classify it.

Proposed translations

+10
7 mins
Selected

ram something down someone's throat

Peer comment(s):

agree Isabel Peck
1 min
agree Fiona N�voa
8 mins
agree Fausto Machado Tiemann
11 mins
agree Fernando Domeniconi
14 mins
agree rhandler
52 mins
agree Amy Duncan (X)
1 hr
agree Mary Palmer
1 hr
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
1 hr
agree priscilalaterza
4 hrs
agree Cristina Santos
5 hrs
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Muito obrigado! Exatamente!"
+2
15 mins

force feed

suggestion

Ex. Force feed ideas into people's minds
Peer comment(s):

agree kashew : For your concision, less slangy than the other two proposals.
16 hrs
Precisely!, thank you, Kashew!:)
agree Lumen (X)
20 hrs
Thanks Lumen!:)
Something went wrong...
+2
19 mins

shove something down someone's throat

'The Express': Inspiration Shoved Down Your Throat Oct 8, 2008 ... 'The Express': Inspiration Shoved Down Your Throat ... something that caters to your own genetic code will come up and bite you on the butt. ...
www.thesimon.com/magazine/articles/consumables/01605_the_ex... - 29k
Peer comment(s):

agree Floriana Leary : This is it!
2 hrs
Grata!
agree Andreas Nieckele
2 hrs
Grata Andreas!
Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search