surprise to the upside ha sorpreso in maniera positiva
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| Language pair: | English to Italian |
| Definition / notes: | This appears to be a fixed expression in finance reporting. It seems clear that it indicates a surprise (an unexpected result) but one which is positive, rather than negative. "Upside" and "downside" are used more generally to mean something like "advantages" and "disadvantages" (respectively) or "good news" and "bad news", in a situation where there are both positive and negative consequences. E.g: "It's annoying that we can't travel until Thursday, but the upside is that the fare will be cheaper then." However in the topic idiom there is only one result, and that is good (the upside). Traders and corporations will be positively surprised at the news on costs on coal production. I would surmise that some costs have fallen, but whatever the result, it is good. |
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