Lip service is paid

Portuguese translation: Fala-se muito da boca para fora/Elogia-se muito da boca para fora

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English term or phrase:	Lip service is paid
Portuguese translation:	Fala-se muito da boca para fora/Elogia-se muito da boca para fora
Entered by:	Danik 2014

15:54 Aug 2, 2014

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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / livro sobre arte

English term or phrase: Lip service is paid

Lip service is paid to personal manual skill but sloppiness can be applauded as spontaneity, and subcontracting all aspects of physical creation to anonymous hands or computers accepted without question.

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Fala-se muito da boca para fora/Elogia-se muito da boca para fora

Explanation:
To pay lip service consiste em elogiar sem sinceridade. Corresponde, nesse sentido, à expressão brasileira "da boca pra fora"

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Danik 2014
Brazil

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4 +5

Fala-se muito da boca para fora/Elogia-se muito da boca para fora

Danik 2014

4 +2

[...] é enaltecida

Mari Melo

aprovação fingida é demonstrado

airmailrpl

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12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

lip service is paid [...] é enaltecida

Explanation:
Ou "elogios são feitos", ou ainda, mantendo, talvez, o tom jocoso da expressão original: "louvores são cantados".
Há também: "muito se fala" e "muita propaganda é feita".

Mari Melo
Local time: 21:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

lip service is paid

Fala-se muito da boca para fora/Elogia-se muito da boca para fora

Explanation:
To pay lip service consiste em elogiar sem sinceridade. Corresponde, nesse sentido, à expressão brasileira "da boca pra fora"

Danik 2014
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

Obrigada!

3 hrs confidence:

lip service is paid aprovação fingida é demonstrado

Explanation:
lip service is paid => aprovação fingida é demonstrado

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 21:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 26

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