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Portuguese translation: Ficar na defensiva

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English term or phrase:cover your tail
Portuguese translation:Ficar na defensiva

00:51 Jun 28, 2022
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2022-07-01 12:54:18 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Human Resources / acountability
English term or phrase: cover your tail
Alguém saber uma expressão idiomática?

Below-the-line thoughts, attitudes and behaviors are generally negative, and the very antithesis of accountability. They sort
into six basic categories: ignore/deny, “not my job,” deflection (finger-pointing), confusion (tell me what to do), self-protection
(cover your tail), and wait and see.

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Lilian Magalhães
Brazil
Local time: 04:42
sempre na defensiva
Explanation:
Parece ser aquele funcionário que está sempre na defensiva com medo de ser criticado. Isso atrasa muito os processos. A expressão tem que ter um caráter negativo. Boa sorte
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Augusto Cezar
Brazil
Local time: 04:42
Grading comment
Muito obrigada
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3sempre na defensiva
Augusto Cezar
4proteger o seu rabo..proteja seu rabo..tome cuidado
airmailrpl
4proteja-se/previna-se conta imprevistos
Mario Freitas
3Proteger a retaguarda
William Andrade
3Tirar (o seu) da reta
Paulo Melo


Discussion entries: 6





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Proteger a retaguarda


Explanation:
É uma expressão de sentido semelhante à original.

William Andrade
Brazil
Local time: 04:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sempre na defensiva


Explanation:
Parece ser aquele funcionário que está sempre na defensiva com medo de ser criticado. Isso atrasa muito os processos. A expressão tem que ter um caráter negativo. Boa sorte

Augusto Cezar
Brazil
Local time: 04:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Muito obrigada

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simone Taylor: Acho que foi a opção que combinou mis com o tom do original, mas de rpeente "ficar na defensiva", o sempre achei estranho.
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Simone. Eu tentei deixar um comportamento repetitivo do funcionário
agree  ferreirac
10 hrs
agree  Lucas José Santana de Souza
1 day 20 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
proteger o seu rabo..proteja seu rabo..tome cuidado


Explanation:
cover your tail => 'watch your six' => watch your back => proteger o seu rabo..proteja seu rabo..tome cuidado

O meu trabalho é proteger o seu rabo não beijá lo ...
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to watch your back
The general meaning of the phrase 'watch your six' means to watch your back. Also, if you think of a clock face with the 12-position being forward and you are facing forward, the six-position is at your back. Therefore, your six is your most vulnerable position.Jun 9, 2021
Watch Your Six Explained - Operation Military Kidshttps://www.operationmilitarykids.org › Bl

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 04:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 58
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Tirar (o seu) da reta


Explanation:
Sei que pode uma expressão bem coloquial, talvez "isentar-se de responsabilidade" seja mais polido, mas acho que tem significado semelhante. Veja os links abaixo.


Example sentence(s):
  • (My definition of "covering their tails," also known as CYA, is "passing on responsibility, putting oneself in a position to accept no responsibility or blame.")
  • 2. Atitude da pessoa que, ao surgir problemas graves com seus subordinados ou sistemas gerenciados por ela, mostra argumentos que podem convencer outros de que é inocente apesar de ter parte da culpa.

    https://www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2006/11/stop_covering_y.html
    https://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/tirar+da+reta/
Paulo Melo
Brazil
Local time: 04:42
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
proteja-se/previna-se conta imprevistos


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 04:42
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 375
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