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chuchar no dedo

English translation: left high and dry

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Portuguese term or phrase:chuchar no dedo
English translation:left high and dry
Entered by: Tania Pires

10:24 Oct 29, 2016
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: chuchar no dedo
'A galdéria deixou-o e ele ficou a chuchar no dedo'.

I'm looking for a typical British expression. In this case, he was just left by someone who cheated on him.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Tania Pires
Portugal
Local time: 21:41
left high and dry
Explanation:
suggestion
Selected response from:

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 14:41
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2twiddling his thumbs
Douglas Bissell
4 +1(left him) empty-handed
Margarida Martins Costelha
4 +1sucking his thumb
Daniel Pimentel
4beached
Douglas Bissell
3 +1left high and dry
Verginia Ophof


  

Answers


19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
twiddling his thumbs


Explanation:
Engish enough?

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 21:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Douglas! :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Freitas:
7 hrs
  -> thanks Mario
agree  Lara Barnett
1 day 2 hrs
  -> thanks Lara
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(left him) empty-handed


Explanation:
https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/portugues-ingles/chucha...
ficar a chuchar no dedo (figurado) = to get nothing.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/empty-handed
Having received or gained nothing.


Margarida Martins Costelha
Portugal
Local time: 21:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Janis Meneses
11 hrs
  -> Thank you
neutral  Lara Barnett: But we don't usually use this expression to refer to people, only if "nothing" relates to material objects, then we would say "empty-handed".
22 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
beached


Explanation:
I know we should not offer many different replies, but in this case, being dumped by his missus, the idea of 'beached' as in a whale that is stranded and has nowhere to go came to mind.

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 21:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: The more the better. Thanks again, Douglas!

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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sucking his thumb


Explanation:
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=sucking my thumb&rlz=1C1N...

https://www.google.com.br/search?q=sucking my thumb&rlz=1C1N...

Daniel Pimentel
Brazil
Local time: 17:41
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: chuchar no dedo => suck his thumb...https://translate.google.com.br/?hl=en&tab=wT#pt/en/chuchar ...
3 hrs
  -> Muito Obrigado :) A galdéria deixou-o e ele ficou a chuchar no dedo The prostitute left him sucking his thumb/The prostitute left him and he stayed there sucking his thumb.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
left high and dry


Explanation:
suggestion

Example sentence(s):
  • being in a helpless or abandoned position

    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20and%20dry
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Verginia, I'd forgotten about this one!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Georgia Morg (X)
22 hrs
  -> Thank you Georgia !!
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