Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

to color outside the lines

Portuguese translation:

fugir ao convencional; quebrar as regras; expandir horizontes

Added to glossary by Matheus Chaud
Mar 10, 2016 09:47
8 yrs ago
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English term

to color outside the lines

English to Portuguese Marketing Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
XXX is a camera that inspires you to color outside the lines

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expressisverbis Mar 10, 2016:
Também diria o mesmo "Basically I think that to color outside the lines is a metaphor for breaking rigid and needless rules and thereby freeing up our creativity."
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ColorOutsideTheLines
@Matheus A intuição leva-me a dizer "ser criativo", mas, segundo o Urban Dictionary, a expressão significa "not being 'perfect' at everything; cutting corners; innocent white lies". É verdade que as mentiras inocentes (e não só) requerem uma certa criatividade...

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fugir ao convencional

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agree Danik 2014
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Obg Danik
agree expressisverbis
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Obrigada
agree Diana Coada (X)
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agree Mario Freitas :
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Obg Mário
agree harley123
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Obrigada
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5 mins

pintar o sete

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6 mins

quebrar as regras

to color outside the lines => quebrar as regras

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Urban Dictionary: colour outside the lines
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...colour outsid...
Urban Dictionary
I bend the rules from time to time; "yeah, I colour outside the lines now and then"; ... when you're colouring; it's not the end of the world, if you go outside the lines.

Color Outside The Lines
www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?ColorOutsideTheLines
Someone familiar with the book of the same name might like to say something here. Basically I think that to color outside the lines is a metaphor for breaking ...

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Rule Breaker (tradução) - Ashlee Simpson - VAGALUME
www.vagalume.com.br › ... › Rule Breaker
I just wanna colour outside the lines. I've been ... Nós gostamos de quebrar as regras ... Mas tem outros dias em que existem regras pra se. quebrar, yeah.
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agree Nick Taylor
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agradeço
agree Paulo Celestino Guimaraes
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agradeço
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49 mins

romper barreiras, sair da linha,

No sentido de inovar
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+2
1 hr

expandir horizontes

Penso que se adequa ao facto de ser uma câmara e inclui a noção de ultrapassar limites, de forma suave.
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agree Danik 2014
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agree expressisverbis
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2 hrs

a não ser perfeito

:) Ou seja, apenas curtir

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