I'll give him a bell on his dog and bone

Portuguese translation: vou falar com ele pelo telefone

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English term or phrase:	I'll give him a bell on his dog and bone
Portuguese translation:	vou falar com ele pelo telefone

16:01 Feb 22, 2007

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English term or phrase: I'll give him a bell on his dog and bone

Hi there!

I am having problems finding an equivalent to this expression in portuguese (cont.). I dont find anything about it online. This appears in a test that I am doing. I dont mind some ideas about a similar meaning in english.

Thanks for any help that you can provide me.

Patricia Freitas KudoZ activity Questions: 10 (none open) Answers: 1 Portugal
Local time: 12:21

vou falar com ele pelo telefone

Explanation:
'dog and bone' = 'telefone'.
(Cockney rhyming slang)

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Note added at 11 mins (2007-02-22 16:12:24 GMT)
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I feel a verse of 'My old man's a dustman coming on'. No, forget it.

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R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 08:21

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Obrigada Richard! é mesmo este o significado :)
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vou falar com ele pelo telefone

R. Alex Jenkins

3 +1

dar-lhe um toque para o telefone

Gabriela Matias

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i'll give him a bell on his dog and bone

vou falar com ele pelo telefone

R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 08:21
Works in field
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PRO pts in category: 4

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Obrigada Richard! é mesmo este o significado :)

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

i'll give him a bell on his dog and bone dar-lhe um toque para o telefone

Explanation:
Não sei bem qual o contexto e o género de texto, mas em Portugal utiliza-se muito a expressão "dar-lhe um toque" para o telefone - tanto quando se fala realmente com a pessoa como quando se deixa apenas o telefone tocar. Uma sugestão...

Bom trabalho ;-)

Gabriela Matias
Portugal
Local time: 12:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Notes to answerer

Asker: Olá Gabriela! Obrigada pela tua sugestão. Faz sentido e adapta-se bem à realidade portuguesa. A frase não tem um contexto especifico... é uma frase idiomatica que faz parte de um teste que estou a fazer. Obrigada mais uma vez pela ajuda. :)

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